From: joemahoney1950@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, November 13, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Debora wrote:   
   > Allen wrote:   
   > >   
   > > Jason Flynn wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > V Pettit wrote:   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Have any of you figured out all of the time signatures in Jacobs   
   Ladder? I   
   > > > > came up with so many I figure I've got to be counting them wrong.   
   > > >   
   > > > That one's so tough to figure out I just count it as one long 347 beat   
   > > > measure. No such thing as being off beat then :-) Seriously, I figured   
   > > > it out years ago to learn how to play it and I've since forgotten. It   
   > > > starts out alternating between measures of 5 and 6 beats, then it   
   > > > changes and changes and changes... I don't remember. My guess is you're   
   > > > probably not counting them wrong. (how's that for a cop out?)   
   > > >   
   > > > Jason   
   > >   
   > > To make it even more difficult, Neil plays odd meters across the   
   > > odd time signatures. What I mean by this is that he kinda groups two   
   > > or more measures together that have different time signatures and   
   > > then plays across them as if they were one unit. Know what I mean??   
   > >   
   > > Allen   
   > He does it for several measures during a verse of 'Superconductor', but   
   > to give an example of what he does in JL would take more time than I   
   > have. It's basically mathematics: Take 3 bars of 4/4 and you have 12   
   > beats. Play this as if it was 3/4 and you meet up with Alex + Geddy   
   > (who play in 4/4) 12 beats later but in an unsynchronous sort of way.   
   > Do it right and it sounds cool. Wrong and your band looks foolish   
   > around beat 10.   
   > Rush do this kind of thing quite a bit but they don't necessarily stick   
   > to 4/4, which makes it way complicated at times.   
   > Debora the Drum Rat, who can make it through Jacob's Ladder, but only on   
   > a good day.   
      
   There are tons of time changes in it.  The intro, however, is alternating bars   
   of 5/4 and 6/5.  Played beautifully, of course.   
      
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