Humming 7/4 question

greggerz189 · #1 8th August 2006, 05:20 AM

Was Humming 7/4 really written in 7/4 time? If not, what time was it written in?

HiruNoKaze · #2 8th August 2006, 06:13 AM

Uhh that's what this forum concluded! http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...hlight=humming

sexysaucestar · #3 8th August 2006, 06:26 AM

^ That thread doesn't really seem to have a conclusion though o_O Seems everyone got lost near the end.

Anyway, I was a former music major, and one of my friends is still a music major...I made her listen to the song to confirm it, and it is in fact written in 7/4 time.

HiruNoKaze · #4 8th August 2006, 06:35 AM

Well, I recalled some bits of conclusion floating around that thread...well it's some corroboration nonetheless.

Tasked · #5 8th August 2006, 07:38 AM

Well there is something called the "hamming 7/4"-code. I think that's the closest link to the song's title there is.

greggerz189 · #6 8th August 2006, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soysaucestar

^ That thread doesn't really seem to have a conclusion though o_O Seems everyone got lost near the end.

Anyway, I was a former music major, and one of my friends is still a music major...I made her listen to the song to confirm it, and it is in fact written in 7/4 time.

thank you very much soysaucestar, that's exactly the kind of answer I was looking for! ^__^ I did check that thread, and like you said, there wasn't a solid conclusion, so I decided to make this.

thanks for your help!

Delirium-Zer0 · #7 8th August 2006, 01:52 PM

Your friend thought it was in 7/4 time? o_O I'm not a music major, just a fan, but I've been studying music as a hobby my whole life and it isn't written in 7/4. The intro is in 6/8 until its last 2 measures when it's 8/8 like the chorus, and the verses are 4/4. I'm trying to count 7 and it's WAY too awkward. It doesn't work.

As unlikely as it is, perhaps the title IS just a pun on "hamming 7-4", since the lyrics do deal with communication. Just music-based communication instead of computer and phone communication.

sexysaucestar · #8 8th August 2006, 06:55 PM

^ She said it was for the most part in 7/4. I've tried counting 7/4 in other pieces I've played before and it's just ridiculous to count....usually you have to count it in different patterns anyway (all depends on how the conductor conducts the piece).

HiruNoKaze · #9 8th August 2006, 07:58 PM

I count 14 beats for the repeating guitar bit, so I'll agree with most of it being in 7/4.

immel · #10 9th August 2006, 02:50 AM

Uh... it seems likely it would be in 7/4, but I'm no judge at all of this, hehe.

I've only heard, in some previous discussion on the exact same subject, that the explanation is "she's humming/singing to a 7/4 beat...", I have no clue myself though.

About the hamming 7/4, I don't think it's got any connection at all to this song.

truehappiness · #11 9th August 2006, 05:24 AM

If anyone is able to translate this, it seems that they ask about Humming 7/4

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6...2os1206qp3.jpg