Re-casting Metal: Rhythm and Meter in the Music of Meshuggah 27 pages article

Desecrated · 11-13-2007, 12:31 PM

Re-casting Metal: Rhythm and Meter in the Music of Meshuggah
By: JONATHAN PIESLAK .

The music of the Swedish metal band, Meshuggah, reveals a distinct rhythmic and metric structure based on large-scale odd time signatures, mixed meter, and metric superimposition. Their 2004 EP “I,” however, pushes the boundaries of surface-level meter through the absence of small- scale recurring units of pitch and rhythm. This article uses models for rhythmic analysis developed by Harald Krebs, Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff, William Rothstein, and Maury Yeston in pursuing an architectonic examination of hierarchical layers in this music. Additionally, I introduce the important relationship that exists between fans and structural analysis based on a socio-cultural profile of the subgenre.

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I stole this from the meshuggah forum.

kung_fu · 11-13-2007, 01:53 PM

Thanks dude

. This should kill a few hours

Bound · 11-13-2007, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kung_fu

Thanks dude

. This should kill a few hours

hahahah this should keep me busy for longer than that.

Ivan · 11-13-2007, 06:51 PM

Thanks Jonathan, that's really great!

sakeido · 11-13-2007, 07:34 PM

yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
And I haven't even read it yet

B Lopez · 11-13-2007, 07:36 PM

Nice, gone in a few pages and it's pretty cool.

Jongpil Yun · 11-13-2007, 10:31 PM

That was one of the most confusing things I have ever read. I got most of the parts about Rational Gaze and NMCC and stuff, but once he started talking about I, I got lost. Like really, really lost.

Naren · 11-14-2007, 05:17 AM

That was really really interesting. I read the whole thing from beginning to end, using the examples on his site for reference. I'm not familiar with a lot of the music theorists he was referring to, but I pretty much understood all of the concepts he was talking about - although they are pretty complicated.

I really is a completely different beast when compared to everything before it.

Apophis · 11-14-2007, 09:09 AM

Thanks

Durero · 11-14-2007, 02:17 PM

Cool

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11-13-2007, 12:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Desecrated Junk and harlot man. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North of sweden Posts: 7,528 Real Name: Jonathan Main Seven: Schecter Omen Extreme Main ERG: Orfea 10-string Rig: Behringer Thanked: 412	Re-casting Metal: Rhythm and Meter in the Music of Meshuggah 27 pages article Re-casting Metal: Rhythm and Meter in the Music of Meshuggah By: JONATHAN PIESLAK . The music of the Swedish metal band, Meshuggah, reveals a distinct rhythmic and metric structure based on large-scale odd time signatures, mixed meter, and metric superimposition. Their 2004 EP “I,” however, pushes the boundaries of surface-level meter through the absence of small- scale recurring units of pitch and rhythm. This article uses models for rhythmic analysis developed by Harald Krebs, Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff, William Rothstein, and Maury Yeston in pursuing an architectonic examination of hierarchical layers in this music. Additionally, I introduce the important relationship that exists between fans and structural analysis based on a socio-cultural profile of the subgenre. PDF: Send big files the easy way. Files too large for email attachments? No problem! I stole this from the meshuggah forum. Productive Desecration Since 2004

11-13-2007, 01:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
kung_fu Vulcan Lute God Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oshawa Ontario Canada Posts: 922 Real Name: Alex Main Seven: Schecter Omen-7 Rig: SGH-GS200 Thanked: 12	Thanks dude . This should kill a few hours T'was tartar killed the beast.

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11-13-2007, 06:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ivan fsck! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Belgrade, Serbia Posts: 305 Thanked: 3	Thanks Jonathan, that's really great!

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Jongpil Yun Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 2,214 Real Name: JP Main Seven: RG 7620 (VK) Thanked: 25	That was one of the most confusing things I have ever read. I got most of the parts about Rational Gaze and NMCC and stuff, but once he started talking about I, I got lost. Like really, really lost.

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Naren OldschoolGhettostyle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tokyo Posts: 12,461 Real Name: Eric Main Seven: RG1527-GK, RG7EXFX2-IPT Rig: GNX3000 Thanked: 36	That was really really interesting. I read the whole thing from beginning to end, using the examples on his site for reference. I'm not familiar with a lot of the music theorists he was referring to, but I pretty much understood all of the concepts he was talking about - although they are pretty complicated. I really is a completely different beast when compared to everything before it.

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