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Re: Re: POLYRHYTHMIC COUNTERPOINT



   Per Boysen wrote:
> Another one was Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells; the first theme. Let's 
> see... it must be 15/16. And that record was a chart topper and top 
> seller for months!

Yeah, wow, how could I have forgotten that famous big seller!

I count it as 30/8
divided   7/8 (2+3+3) + 7/8 (2+2+3) 7/8 (2+2+3) + 9/8 (2+2+3+2)

It might sound like splitting hairs, but the time signature is generally
written according to the phrasing