List of Musical Works in Unusual Time Signatures - 18/8 or 18/16

18/8 or 18/16

  • "Birds of Fire" by Mahavishnu Orchestra. Guitar plays 5+5+5+3 while drums play 6+6+6. Violin from time to time plays 3+3+2+3+3+2+2.
  • "Moderato", no. 2 (1909) from Four Etudes, op. 2, by Sergei Prokofiev (18/8 in one hand against 4/4 in the other).
  • "Variatio 26, a 2 Clav.", from the Clavierübung, Vierter Theil, Aria mit 30 Veränderungen, by Johann Sebastian Bach. (18/16 in one hand against 3/4 in the other, exchanging hands at intervals until the last five bars where both hands are in 18/16).

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