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I was wondering whether how many three-four time songs Queen has made.
I'm too lazy to search for and check all the lists with figures, does somebody know this?
(and I wonder which songs of parts are three-four)

[i]Sorry for my bad English[/i]
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I think the only full song in 3/4 timing is Sweet Lady.
"If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky If there's a point, if there's a reason to live or die".
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[i]Sweet Lady [/i]has a section in 4/4. So it's not a full song in 3/4 anyway.
John hated Hot Space. Frederick's favourite singer was not Paul Rodgers. Roger didn't compose 'Innuendo.' 'Bohemian Rhapsody' hasn't got 180 vocal overdubs.
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Yes, you're right, my bad.
So no song from Queen is fully in 3/4 timing?
But then I can assume that Sweet Lady at least has the longest 3/4 timing from all Queen songs?
"If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky If there's a point, if there's a reason to live or die".
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isn't it a little bit of 3/4 in mustapha too ?
Who wants some prime jive ?
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The Millionaire Waltz has some 3/4 time doesn't it?
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I'm fairly positive The Millionaire Waltz is in 3/4 time.
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[b]Steven wrote: [/b]

I'm fairly positive The Millionaire Waltz is in 3/4 time.[/QUOTE]


considering that it is a waltz......  

I'm glad that someone agrees with me.
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Hmmm.....I was tempted say "I'm in Love With My Car," until I remenbered Roger saying in some video that it's really 6/8 time.  So even though it's a rolling feeling of 3 notes within a 'beat," basically that "beat" is duple.  Given, it's a slow duple.
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[b]beautifulsoup wrote: [/b]

Hmmm.....I was tempted say "I'm in Love With My Car," until I remenbered Roger saying in some video that it's really 6/8 time.  So even though it's a rolling feeling of 3 notes within a 'beat,"basically that "beat" is duple.  Given, it's a slow duple. 

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well 6/8 time and 3/4 time is pretty much the same thing, since time signatures are just basic math problems.  The reason you hear the 3/4 beat is because it's 6/8 time and 6/8 reduces to 3/4 in basic math.
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Actually, 3/4 and 6/8 aren't the same, just like so-called identical twins have some subtle differences, just like F# isn't the same as Gb, etc.

In Queen, 6/8 is actually more common ([i]Jesus, Somebody to Love, We Are the Champions, Drowse, I'm in Love With My Car[/i]), 3/4 still appears sometimes (e.g. [i]Lap of the Gods... Revisited, Soul Brother, Sweet Lady[/i] and [i]Millionaire Waltz[/i], though the latter two include 4/4 sections). Both [i]Bicycle Race [/i]and [i]Innuendo[/i] have a break in 3/4 as well.
John hated Hot Space. Frederick's favourite singer was not Paul Rodgers. Roger didn't compose 'Innuendo.' 'Bohemian Rhapsody' hasn't got 180 vocal overdubs.
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[b]Sebastian[/b] wrote:

 Actually, 3/4 and 6/8 aren't the same, just like so-called identical twins have some subtle differences, just like F# isn't the same as Gb, etc.

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Exactly!
"You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely." - Ogden Nash
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but 3/4 and 6/8 have a VERY similar recognizable sound.
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[b]Sebastian wrote: [/b]

Actually, 3/4 and 6/8 aren't the same, just like so-called identical twins have some subtle differences, just like F# isn't the same as Gb, etc.

In Queen, 6/8 is actually more common ([i]Jesus, Somebody to Love, We Are the Champions, Drowse, I'm in Love With My Car[/i]), 3/4 still appears sometimes (e.g. [i]Lap of the Gods... Revisited, Soul Brother, Sweet Lady[/i] and [i]Millionaire Waltz[/i], though the latter two include 4/4 sections). Both [i]Bicycle Race [/i]and [i]Innuendo[/i] have a break in 3/4 as well.
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Not to cause confusion...but I thought "We Are The Champions" was in 12/8.
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[b]lalaalalaa wrote: [/b]

but 3/4 and 6/8 have a VERY similar recognizable sound.[/QUOTE]
Just like siblings (and identical twins even more) have VERY similar looks, traits, etc. but they're still different. Just like F# and Gb are VERY close but not the same, etc.

As for [i]We Are the Champions[/i]: you may be right about that. These things are sometimes neither black nor white nor grey: drums can be playing one pattern and vocal may have a different pulse, etc. Queen catalogue has some subtle polyrhythms, hemiolas and so on.

If you can elaborate on [i]Champions[/i]' metre, please do: I'll be happy to stand corrected if that's the case.
John hated Hot Space. Frederick's favourite singer was not Paul Rodgers. Roger didn't compose 'Innuendo.' 'Bohemian Rhapsody' hasn't got 180 vocal overdubs.