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"humming 7/4".... o.O
Still a rumour... but some people say that it's confirmed by TeamAyu members that one of Ayu's new PVs will be called "humming 7/4".....
Some native english speakers... can someone explain what does this title mean? My dictionary shows only stupid meanings of the "humming" word that don't make any sense... and what's the "7/4"? If someone knows - please share your knowlegde :P |
humming is when you sing along with the song but don't use words and your mouth is closed ... like when people say "hmmm" that's humming without a tune ... o.O lol
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im a native english speaker. the title makes no sense to me. i think she tried to say "24/7" but wrote it wrong. (24/7 = 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) it probably was supposed to mean she's always humming.
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i'm a native english speaker and 7/4 means nothing to me, haha, Unless she meant "24/7", that means all day every day. humming is when you close your mouth and sing a tune.. yeah.. like "Hmmmm hm hmmm hmmm" sort of thing ^^
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7/4 = 7 beats per measure, quarter note gets the beat.
Hard to imagine a pop star using this time signature though. |
and then there's always 7/4 which could signify as a date. Perhaps she recorded the song July 4th (or April 7th..)
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I suppose....
Most pop songs, you can tap your foot and count "one, two, three, four" along to the beat over and over, and it feels natural. The time signature in those cases is usually 4/4, or four beats to a measure. You can usually tell the start of a measure because the first beat is louder, or more accentuated. (sometimes it's the last one). Alot of times for ballads it can also be "one, two, three, one, two, three" that you can count. In those cases the time signature is 3/4, or three beats to a measure. If you listen to classical music, Waltzes follow this time. Time signatures like 7/4 (in this case, you'd probably count "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...") are very RARELY used because they're hard for the casual music fan to follow. 4/4 and 3/4 are very simple. 7/4 I've heard used by underground artists like Tori Amos and classic rock bands like Led Zeppelin. The definition of music is really just "Organized sound". How it's organized can vary alot, but most techniques that could be used very rarely are. |
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Thanks a lot for the clarification, that sounds really cool! I didn't know she knew that much about music, but it could always be a linguistic mistake for 24/7, which is a figure of speech used a lot, meaning "Twenty-Four hours a day, 7 days a week." It could be talking about the constant role that music plays in her everyday life... ^-^
Okay, I know I'm stretching, it could be something totally different. I think the idea of it being a date is a really great one too, ya never know. :) |
It's more likely a date than the other two, to be honest. I doubt she'd make an error as big as turning 24/7 into 7/4. 7/24 maybe, but she wouldn't omit the 2 completely. that'd be just silly.
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I think it has to do with the beat thing, not anything with dates.
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Could be a major major typo, but I suppose it's July 4, or 4th of July. But I have a thing against using numbers in song titles.
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omg i just realized 7/4 really is july 4th. hahaha
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I think that'd be really cool if it was in 7/4 though. I don't think I've heard a song in 7/4, even though I play instruments and have played quite a few screwy time signatures myself, I've never come across it. I'd like to hear a song like that. Then again, this could just be some weird rumor. |
For an example of a 7/4 song, Gackt's seven is written in 7/4 time.
The first thing I tought of when hearing this song title, I thought of 24/7, so it may be what she meant. Though, the 7/4 time signature and 7-4 date both seem plausible at this point, too. *shrugs* We may never know. =^.^= |
Thanks for all explanations guys!
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I also thought of 24/7 when I saw the title...I thought of basically everything that's been mentioned EXCEPT for the 7/4 time signature. Anything's possible. This is turning into the 0630 thing again... |
Ayu is just full of suprises
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^I'm not a fan of odd time sigs... you can never go wrong with the old 4/4.
I had a horrible experience with a 5/4. |
Why are people surprised? If it happens to be true, well, Ayu has been using technical terms in some of her last songs lately: Memorial adress, A Song for XX.
I highly doubt it is a date though. |
Ayu bought a hummer on 7/4/04.
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^:laugh
so..one measure has 4 notes? cool. everytime i think of a 4/4 song, ayumi's "naturally" flies in my head. |
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Actually guys it's probablly a july 4th song. If in fact, it is even true. I just realized we are all assuming that this is going to be an actual song. It may be fake.
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Didn't TeamAyu members say it was true and the PV was filmed?
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lol yeah july 4th isnt even a japanese holiday.
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Whatever it means, it's still a crappy title.
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is july 1st a holiday in japan then?
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Maybe she celebrates Canada Day :D
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no, but july 1st is a special date for ayu in several ways, i'm just too lazy to think of any. (something about spring?)
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In june 30th she joins together with her best friends and they party all night (they probably go to a gay bar and get drunk LOL just kidding :laugh) until the sun sets the next day, being the next day, July 1st. That's why she made the song.
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So July 1st is hangover day?
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Yep! :yes Seems like she really goes to a gay bar on June 30th indeed O_o;;;; :laugh (being independent the song about her party with friends and July 1st the day after). I went to masa's site and read his article on the RAINBOW album and he talks about the "H" songs.
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wew... im confused...
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back to notes and measures, was "angel's song" 4/4 or 8/4?
and is surreal 4/4 or 5/4? |
Even with all the explanation I still don't understand that. :rolleyes I'm to silly to understand technical music stuff (I never even had any musical classes)
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OH. and what the bleep is forgiveness?!
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Forgiveness is 6/8. that's why counting "one two three" doesn't QUITE feel right, but if you count the whole way to six it fits a bit more.
HANABI ~episode II~ is a complex one too... it's 3/8 for most of the song but switches to 4/4 at the instrumental break (the part where we see punky ayu in the PV). Someone go download "Spark" by tori amos. See if you can count that one. She actually uses some 4/4 measures, some 6/8 measures, and some 2/4 measures. It's nuts. |
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They're both 4/4.
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The Hummer limo in the INSPIRE video! :OMG Honestly though, I think we're analyzing this a bit too closely for something that isn't officially official yet. :yes |
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I agree though...probably another rumor... |
wow...i'm confused.
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I think Ayu herself said on TA that the song starts with 1/3 (or something) and changes to 7/4 in the middle of the song.
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1/3.......--"?...i dont think thats even possible..haha=P
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oO;; what?
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1/3 is impossible... u must hv a multiple of 2 to be the denominator, ie. sth/4, sth/8, etc.
HANABI ~episode II~ is in 6/8, not 3/8, but it does change to 4/4 in the interlude ayu said herself that the song is in 7/4, but i wonder how the drummer plays 7/4... *looking forward* anyway, nobody counts 7/4 as 'one, two, three, ..., six, seven' it's too awkward it's either counted as 3/4 + 4/4 or vice versa ie. 'one, two, three, one, two, three, four' or vice versa |
this thread becomes too technical for me to understand....
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I really need to listen to a 7/4 song. And you're right about the 1/3 thing for sure...unless they've just invented a "third note" or a "sixth note" or something. |
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