Well, hope everybody wanted a theory lesson for today, 'cuz here it is... Speaking for One, which i just re-listened to for the express purpose of making this post (yeah, like i hadn't listened to it enough already to say this...), it's in 6/8 time. The reason it feels like a triple meter is that it's a compound time (you'll notice this by the underlying feeling of two b/c of the triplet subdivisions which makes this a compound beat structure; in addition to the triple feel). You could also analyze it as 12/8, not 12/4 (& not to be a jerk, either, okay? :) ), for then you'd feel like you'd have the equivalent of 12 quarter notes per measure (& no feel of 3, b/c anything ending in 1, 2 or 4 is a simple time signature), b/c the two are basically interchangable (feel it as 4, etc...). However, this is merely the prevalent time used, as there are a few time changes, & i don't really feel like talkin' for another ten minutes 'bout those... Now, as for The Ocean, my mp3's screwy now, & i've just spent 10 years tryin' to re-download it, but to no avail, so i guess you're on your own 'til i waste more of my life trying to get it to work... Sorry-this was long as Hell & i'm sure nobody really cares... Later... Dyll
