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November 26

Psycho Killer time signature

By the Talking Heads. I am almost certain it is 4/4, but the main bass riff suggests something weird like 8/4 or 8/8 if I'm not mistaken (and I probably am). Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:34, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

This site says it's Common time i.e. 4/4, and key of C. (Personally I'm not sure about the key.) --TammyMoet (talk) 10:37, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

8/4 is not a weird time signature. 59/48 - now that's a weird time signature. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 19:22, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

True enough! And the key sounds more like D to me, actually, but I am (again) probably wrong. Thanks! Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 12:35, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

The version you linked is in A. What you hear as 8/4 is a repeated bass vamp lasting two bars. 2 * 4 = 8. ---Sluzzelin talk 22:33, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Japanese folk song ID

Hi, is anyone able to recognize the song performed at 8:26 in this Japanese Folk Medley ? The screen at the concert said it was called "Okinawamin'yo", but I can't find anything specific (I suspect okinawaminyo refers to the genre, and it's a song from such genre). It's probably a longshot, but I've searched everywhere. Thanks in advance... :( Kreachure (talk) 22:03, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

It's an Okinawan children's song/lullaby called "いったーあんまーまーかいが(ー)", "Ittā anmā mākaigā". The koto artist is 森川浩恵/Hiroe Morikawa. Another video is here. A man sings the song with shamisen/sanshin at　here. Want more? This is the list. See also the score. Oda Mari (talk) 07:49, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much Mari-san! I was this close to giving up hope of ever knowing the name of this song. But you go out of your way to give me more help than I was hoping for! Arigatou Gozaimasu~! --Kreachure (talk) 19:35, 28 November 2012 (UTC)