Note that this list is not meant to be exhaustive! These songs influenced my composing and my use of polymeter.
Artist | Title | Time Signatures | Year |
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Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice | Everything's Alright | 5/4 | 1970 |
Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice | The Temple | 7/4 | 1970 |
Bob Weir | Playing In The Band | 5/4 | 1972 |
Der Zyklus | Die Dämmerung Von Nanotech | 17/16 on 4/4 polymeter | 1998 |
Dionne Warwick | I Say a Little Prayer | 10/4 verse (4 + 2 + 4), 11/4 chorus (4 + 3 + 4) | 1967 |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Karn Evil 9 | various | 1973 |
Frank Zappa | Don't Eat The Yellow Snow | 7/4, 3/4 | 1974 |
George Benson | Take Five | 5/4 | 1974 |
Grateful Dead | Estimated Prophet | 7/4 | 1978 |
Grateful Dead | Money Money | 4/4, 6/4, 7/4 | 1974 |
Grateful Dead | The Eleven | 11/4 (9 + 2) | 1968 |
Jean Luc Ponty | Aurora Part I | 5/4 | 1976 |
Jean Luc Ponty | Aurora Part II | 7/4, 4/4 | 1976 |
Jeff Beck | Play with Me | C 14/4 (6 + 8) | 1976 |
Jeff Beck | Sophie | 7/4 | 1976 |
Jethro Tull | Living In The Past | 5/4 | 1969 |
John Abercrombie | Timeless | 14/4 | 1975 |
Lalo Schifrin | Mission Impossible | 5/4 | 1967 |
Led Zeppelin | Kashmir | 6 on 4 polymeter | 1975 |
Led Zeppelin | The Ocean | B 15/8 | 1973 |
Pat Metheny | The First Circle | 11/4 (3 + 8) | 1984 |
Peter Gabriel | Solsbury Hill | 7/4 | 1977 |
Pink Floyd | Money | 7/4 | 1973 |
Stereolab | Diagonals | 5/4 | 1997 |
Stereolab | Parsec | 5/4 | 1997 |
Stereolab | Rainbo Conversation | 5/4 | 1997 |
The Allman Brothers Band | Whipping Post | 11/4 | 1969 |
The Beatles | All You Need Is Love | 7/4 verses | 1967 |
The Beatles | Happiness Is A Warm Gun | various | 1968 |
The Cars | Touch and Go | verse 4/4 on 5/4 polymeter | 1980 |
Yes | Close to the Edge | 3/4, 7/4, 5/4 | 1972 |
Yes | Heart of the Sunrise | 6/4, 4/4 | 1971 |
Yes | Long Distance Runaround | 4/4 on 5/4 polymeter | 1971 |
Yes | Roundabout | 7/4 in breaks and ending | 1971 |
Yes | Starship Trooper | 3/4, 11/4 (4 + 3 + 4), 4/4 | 1971 |
Yes | The Gates of Delerium | 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 7/4, 11/4 | 1974 |