I'm forwarding this for my friend Melanie. I know people have discussed Joni's quirky time signatures. Any speculations about Turbulent Indigo?
Mark E. forwarded question: OK, I'm not a musical dolt or anything, but Joni has bested me for several years now and I'm not too proud too admit it. Has the joni list ever talked about the time signature(s) in the song Turbulent Indigo? What the heck is it? It shifts, or I'm imagining things. It seems like it floats between 4/4, sometimes 2/4, sometimes 3/4.... is it 4/4 with a 5/4 measure or two thrown in there every now and then to throw off our expectations? This has always bothered me, I've always thought one of these days I'm going to sit down and really pay attention and count and write it down, but... that just seems so... anal retentive... and yet... I would like to know.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can observe a lot by watching. -- Yogi Berra
