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Title: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by Mel Belli on Sep 7^th, 2011 at 10:03am

Or 3/4?

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by mojoman on Sep 7^th, 2011 at 3:03pm

:nooslajaleisk

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by Heart Of Stone on Sep 7^th, 2011 at 5:06pm

Yes, it's 6/8th.

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by mojoman on Sep 7^th, 2011 at 6:55pm

bucky?

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by KMC on Sep 7^th, 2011 at 8:34pm

For some reason, I think this song would work really well with a reggae beat. If you flip the world weary lyrics and slow melody to something upbeat, it would change the whole meaning.

Now what that has to do with the 6/8 time question I have no clue. Just throwing it out there.

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by Paranoid Android on Sep 7^th, 2011 at 9:37pm

I always thought it was 33 1/3 ;D

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Sep 7^th, 2011 at 10:07pm

It's 12/8 (Seriously)

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by Mel Belli on Sep 8^th, 2011 at 8:41am

12/8. Interesting. At least for me, it's easier to digest if you just count in smaller segments of 3/4.

Beautiful song, in any case. I've been revisiting it since hearing Buckingham's cover. I love his focus and approach to that (underrated) '66-'67 period.

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Post by Bitch on Sep 13^th, 2011 at 9:56pm

I saw 3 Stones cover bands last weekend and they all played most of the same tunes, but each band varied songs a little faster or slower. When I mentioned this to one of the musicians on the last night he told me thats the beauty of the songs, you can play them at different tempos and they still sound great. Some of the boots the Stones play them fast, and other times they play em slow. Thats so fvcking cool. Stones music, hell yeah ~ it's Bangin!

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by mojoman on Sep 14^th, 2011 at 8:14am

on mr buckinghams new disc

http://youtu.be/J70M4a5HFaI

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by YoungPoliceman on Oct 2^nd, 2011 at 3:03am

Always considered it 6/8; why would it be 12/8? I don't hear the meter like that at all?

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Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Oct 2^nd, 2011 at 12:40pm

Yes it has never made sense to me at all; in fact to be honest I can only handle 4/4 and 3/4 and I handle 6/8 as 3/4 etc. But I have the score (see below) and if you follow it it’s the way they wrote it, probably it was Brian LOL

I was wrong saying it’s all 12/8, most of the time it’s 12/8 with two short segments @ 6/8 check this score out

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Post by Tom on Oct 4^th, 2011 at 11:13am

Very complicated

:nooslajaleisk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lo3NUps_RY

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by Mel Belli on Oct 4^th, 2011 at 12:38pm

Thanks, Voodoo. I had never seen that song scored before.

The song features Keith on organ, no? In that mid-to-late-'60s holding pattern, before he delved into the open-tuned guitars and became the Riff God, Keith was writing some brilliant things on keys: "Have You Seen Your Mother," "We Love You," etc. They tried, and for the most part succeeded, at everything they tried.

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Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Oct 4^th, 2011 at 9:45pm

You're welcome Mel, if you want another just let me know

:willya

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by chrisloc on Oct 5^th, 2011 at 3:24am

3/4 here

http://www.cijoint.fr/cjlink.php?file=cj201110/cijjzPm8XM.pdf

Title: Re: "She Smiled Sweetly" -- 6/8 time?
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Oct 6^th, 2011 at 10:55pm

Merci Chris!!

:smilebrian