B'way songs in unusual time signatures — Page 3

And "Next" from Pacific Overtures alternates between 3/4, 4/4, and 5/4. Except I'm not quite sure if it really is 5/4 or just a compound of 2/4 and 3/4 in the chorus.

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Re "Thank Goodness" from Wicked - it is written in mostly 5/8, 2/4 and 6/8 with a few random 4/4 bars thrown in for fun.

The "oh what a celebration we'll have today ..." section is all in 5/8 - nice and simple. Its the "we couldn't be happier" bit that Stephen Schwartz starts to be clever.

we | 5/8 could-n't be hap-pi- | er ... | 2/4 Right, dear? |
5/8 Could-n't be hap-pi- | er ... | 2/4 Right here, |
6/8 look what we've got: A | fair-y-tale plot, our | ver-y own hap- | py end-ing, | 4/4 ... Where we |
5/8 could-n't be hap-pi- | er ... | 2/4 True, dear? |
5/8 Could-n't be hap-pi- | er ... | 2/4 And we're |
6/8 hap-py to share our | end-ing vi-car-i-ous- | ly with all of | you ... He |
5/8 could-n't look hand-som- | er ... I | could-n't look hum-bl- | er ... We | could-n't be hap-pi- | er ... |
2/4 Be-cause | 6/8 hap-py is what | hap-pens when | all your | dreams come | 5/8 true!

Does that make sense? Its hard to explain without seeing the sheet music.

Updated On: 5/10/09 at 07:50 PM

Oh, God, "Ballad of Booth" changes literally every measure at one point.

"Would You?" from ANNA KARENINA is in 7/4 and switches a bunch.

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