Septuple meter or (chiefly Brit.) septuple time is a meter

Meter (music)

Meter or metre is a term that music has inherited from the rhythmic element of poetry where it means the number of lines in a verse, the number of syllables in each line and the arrangement of those syllables as long or short, accented or unaccented...

 with each measure (Brit.: bar) divided into 7 notes of equal duration, usually 7/4 or 7/8 (or in compound meter, 21/8 time). The stress pattern can be 2+2+3, 3+2+2, or occasionally 2+3+2. A time signature of 21/8, however, does not necessarily mean that the bar is a compound septuple meter with seven beats, each divided into three. This signature may, for example, be used to indicate a bar of triple meter in which each beat is subdivided into seven parts. In this case, the meter is sometimes characterized as "triple septuple time". It is also possible for a 21/8 time signature to be used for an irregular, or "additive

Additive meter

In music, additive meter refers to a pattern of beats that subdivide into smaller, irregular groups. This is opposed to "divisive" or "multiplicative" rhythms or meters, which are produced by multiplying some integer unit into regular groupings forming beats of equal length...

" metrical pattern, such as groupings of 3 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 2 eighth notes. Septuple meter can also be notated by using regularly alternating bars of triple and duple or quadruple meters, for example 4/4 + 3/4, or 6/8 + 6/8 + 9/8, or through the use of "compound meters", in which two or three numerals take the place of the expected numerator 7, for example, (2 + 2 + 3)/8, or (5 + 2)/8.

List of compositions in septuple meter

• "And The Money Kept Rolling In (and Out)" from "Evita" by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  Andrew Lloyd Webber
  Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
  
   (7/8, except for a three-bar introduction in 4/4).
• "Beat Me, Daddy, Seven to the Bar" by Don Ellis
  Don Ellis
  Don Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of unusual time signatures...
  
   (7/8).
• "Bulgarian Rhythm (1)" from Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos (no. 113) (7/4).
• "Cruisin' P. C. H." for jazz band, by Wayne L. Perkins.
• "Dreaming in Metaphors" by Seal
  Seal (musician)
  Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel , known simply as Seal, is a British soul and R&B singer-songwriter, of Nigerian and Brazilian background. Seal has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1992, four Grammy Awards, and an...
  
  .
• "(En) El Séptimo Día", by Soda Stereo
  Soda Stereo
  Soda Stereo were an Argentine rock band who are recognized as one of the most influential and important Latin American and Ibero-American bands of all time...
  
   (7/8).
• "Estimated Prophet" by the Grateful Dead
  Grateful Dead
  The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
  
   (7/4).
• "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" by Yes
  Yes (band)
  Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
  
   (7/4).
• Fugue No. 24, from 36 Fugues for Piano
  36 Fugues (Reicha)
  36 Fugues, sometimes assigned opus number 36, is a cycle of fugues for piano composed by Anton Reicha. It was first published by the composer in 1803 and served as an illustration of a nouveau système Reicha invented for fugue composition...
  
  by Anton Reicha
  Anton Reicha
  Anton Reicha was a Czech-born, later naturalized French composer. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, Reicha is now best remembered for his substantial early contribution to the wind quintet literature and his role as a teacher – his pupils included Franz Liszt and Hector Berlioz...
  
   (notated in regularly alternating ₵ and 3/4 bars).
• Impromptu, op. 32, no. 8, for piano, by Charles Valentin Alkan (7/8).
• "In the First Pentatonic Minor Mode (En el 1er modo pentáfono menor)", no. 5 from 12 American Preludes for piano by Alberto Ginastera
  Alberto Ginastera
  Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...
  
   (7/8).
• "Jovano Jovanke
  Jovano Jovanke
  Jovano, Jovanke is a traditional folk song of the Macedonia region. It is popular in and frequently performed in the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia and northern Greece. It is about two young lovers separated by their disapproving parents...
  
  " a traditional Macedonian folk tune. (7/8).
• "Marching Season" by Yanni
  Yanni
  Yanni , born Yiannis Hrysomallis is a Greek self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer who has spent most of his life in the United States.He earned Grammy nominations for his 1992 album, Dare to Dream, and the 1993 follow-up, In My Time...
  
   (7/8).
• "Old Joe Has Gone Fishing" by Benjamin Britten
  Benjamin Britten
  Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
  
   (7/4) (from the opera Peter Grimes). Uses both 3+2+2 and 2+2+2+1 in a round
  Round (music)
  A round is a musical composition in which two or more voices sing exactly the same melody , but with each voice beginning at different times so that different parts of the melody coincide in the different voices, but nevertheless fit harmoniously together...
  
  , so that they interact to portray the rhythm of the waves.
• "160 BPM" by Hans Zimmer from "Angels and Demons
  Angels and Demons (film)
  Angels & Demons is a 2009 American mystery-thriller film directed by Ron Howard and based on Dan Brown's novel by the same name. It is the Interquel or third film, although the book was published first in series chronology. Filming of Angels & Demons took place in Rome, Italy, and the Sony Pictures...
  
  " (7/8).
• "Precipitato", last movement of the Piano Sonata No. 7, by Sergei Prokofiev
  Sergei Prokofiev
  Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
  
   (7/8).
• "Pussy Wiggle Stomp" by Don Ellis
  Don Ellis
  Don Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of unusual time signatures...
  
   (7/4).
• "Rubylove" by Cat Stevens
  Cat Stevens
  Yusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....
  
   (7/8).
• "St. Augustine In Hell" by Sting (7/8).
• Sensemayá
  Sensemayá
  Sensemayá is a poem by the Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén, adapted as an orchestral work by the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas. It is one of Revueltas's most famous compositions....
  
  , for orchestra, by Silvestre Revueltas
  Silvestre Revueltas
  Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez was a Mexican composer of classical music, a violinist and a conductor.-Life:...
  
  , is predominantly in 7/8, with occasional interruptions in 7/16 time and a brief 7-bar interlude at rehearsal 23 of 9/8 (3/4+3/8).
• "7/4 (Shoreline)" by Broken Social Scene
  Broken Social Scene
  Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed in 1999 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Most of its members currently play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly based around the city of Toronto...
  
   (7/4).
• "Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm" 2, from Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos (no. 149) (7/4).
• "State of Mine" by IQ
  IQ (band)
  IQ are a British neo-progressive rock band founded by Mike Holmes and Martin Orford in 1981 following the dissolution of their original band The Lens...
  
  , the closing instrumental from the first part of Subterranea
  Subterranea (album)
  Subterranea is a double album by British neo-progressive rock band IQ, which was released in 1997.-Story:Subterranea is about a man who's been the subject of an experiment. He's been held captive, almost like sensory deprivation, throughout his whole life and he doesn't have any contact with the...
  
  is an arrangement in 7/8 of a piano piece.
• "The Tihai" by Don Ellis
  Don Ellis
  Don Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of unusual time signatures...
  
   (7/4)
• "Theme from Tron" (The main theme of Tron
  Tron (film)
  Tron is a 1982 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Lisberger, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It stars Jeff Bridges as the protagonist Kevin Flynn; Bruce Boxleitner in a dual role as security program Tron and Tron's "User", computer programmer Alan Bradley; Cindy...
  
   (1982 film)) by Wendy Carlos
  Wendy Carlos
  Wendy Carlos is an American composer and electronic musician. Carlos first came to notice in the late 1960s with recordings made on the Moog synthesizer, then a relatively new and unknown instrument; most notable were LPs of synthesized Bach and the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's film A...
  
   is in slow 7/8 (4+3/8).
• "Très Animé", third movement of Fantasia, for saxophone, 3 horns, and string orchestra, by Heitor Villa-Lobos
  Heitor Villa-Lobos
  Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
  
  . (7/4).
• "Unsquare Dance
  Unsquare Dance
  "Unsquare Dance" is an iconic musical piece written by the American jazz composer Dave Brubeck in 1961.Written in 7/8 time, the piece is a typical example of Brubeck's exploration of time signatures. According to Brubeck, it was written during a single trip from his home to the recording studio,...
  
  " by Dave Brubeck
  Dave Brubeck
  David Warren "Dave" Brubeck is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills...
  
   (7/8).
• "Variation X: Più mosso", in Part I of The Age of Anxiety: Symphony No. 2 by Leonard Bernstein
  Leonard Bernstein
  Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
  
  , is notated in regularly alternating ₵ and 3/4 bars, each pair amounting to one 7/4 bar.
• "Waltz in 7/8" by Yanni
  Yanni
  Yanni , born Yiannis Hrysomallis is a Greek self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer who has spent most of his life in the United States.He earned Grammy nominations for his 1992 album, Dare to Dream, and the 1993 follow-up, In My Time...
  
   (7/8).
• "What Would I Want? Sky" by Animal Collective
  Animal Collective
  Animal Collective is an experimental psychedelic band originally from Baltimore, Maryland, currently based in New York City. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare , Panda Bear , Deakin , and Geologist...
  
   is in 7/8
• "Words, Words, Words" (Martin's Laughing Song), from act 2 of Candide
  Candide (operetta)
  Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire. The operetta was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman; but since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to...
  
  , by Leonard Bernstein
  Leonard Bernstein
  Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
  
   (7/8).

Partially in septuple meter

• "All You Need Is Love
  All You Need Is Love
  "All You Need Is Love" is a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first performed by The Beatles on Our World, the first live global television link. Watched by 400 million in 26 countries, the programme was broadcast via satellite on 25 June 1967...
  
  " by the Beatles
  The Beatles
  The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
  
  . Verses in 7/4.
• "Allegro", third movement of Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 102, by Dmitri Shostakovich (1957). The second subject is in fast 7/8.
• "Allegro calmo senza rigore", first movement of String Quartet No. 2, op. 35 (1945), by Benjamin Britten. Bars 2 and 13 after rehearsal K are in 7/4.
• "Andante grazioso", third movement of Trio No. 3 for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello, op. 101, by Johannes Brahms
  Johannes Brahms
  Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
  
  . Main (outer) sections in 7/4 (notated as a recurring 3/4 + 2/4 + 2/4), central section in 15/8 (notated as 9/8 + 6/8) with 9/8 turnarounds
  Turnaround (music)
  In jazz, a turnaround is a passage at the end of a section which leads to the next section. This next section is most often the repetition of the previous section or the entire piece or song...
  
  , eight-bar coda in 9/8.
• "Anyone Who Had a Heart" by Burt Bacharach
  Burt Bacharach
  Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
  
  , sung by Dionne Warwick
  Dionne Warwick
  Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
  
   - 7/8 turnaround at the end of the bridge, as pointed out to Bacharach by Dionne Warwick
  Dionne Warwick
  Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
  
  . However the song features "5/4, 4/4, to 7/8 and resolving on 5/8 in only eight bars" according to Allmusic.
• "The Battle of Epping Forest
  The Battle of Epping Forest
  The Battle of Epping Forest is a song by English rock band Genesis, appearing on their 1973 album Selling England by the Pound. At 11 minutes and 49 seconds long, it is the longest song on the album....
  
  " from Selling England by the Pound
  Selling England by the Pound
  - Sound and live performance :The piano introduction to "Firth of Fifth" has not been included in a performance since 1974, in a Drury Lane Theatre concert, when Banks misplayed and Collins covered by starting the song from after the intro...
  
  by Genesis
  Genesis (band)
  Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
  
  . The intro + verse are in 7/4, followed by several 4/4 sub-sections and then it is back to 7/4. The middle part alternates between 12/16 and 3/4.
• "Brighter than a Thousand Suns" from A Matter of Life and Death
  A Matter of Life and Death (album)
  A Matter of Life and Death is the fourteenth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 25 August 2006 in Italy and Finland, and 28 August worldwide, excluding the United States, Canada and Japan on 5 September 2006....
  
  by Iron Maiden
  Iron Maiden
  Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
  
  . Main riff and chorus in 7/4, bridge in 4/4.
• Chichester Psalms
  Chichester Psalms
  Chichester Psalms is a choral work by Leonard Bernstein for boy treble or countertenor, solo quartet, choir and orchestra...
  
  by Leonard Bernstein
  Leonard Bernstein
  Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
  
  . Most of the first movement of this complex choral and orchestral piece is written in 7/4.
• A Choral Fantasia, op. 51, by Gustav Holst
  Gustav Holst
  Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....
  
  . Bars 70–98, 179–85, and 201–209 are in 7/4.
• "The Cinema Show
  The Cinema Show
  "The Cinema Show" is an epic rock song by British progressive rock band Genesis from their 1973 album, Selling England by the Pound.Musically, the song is divided into two main sections: The first section is a gentle 12-string guitar-based piece, featuring vocal harmonies between Peter Gabriel and...
  
  " and "Dance on a Volcano" by Genesis
  Genesis (band)
  Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
  
   (7/8).
• The conjuration of soothsayers in L'enfance du Christ, op. 25 (1854) by Hector Berlioz
  Hector Berlioz
  Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...
  
   "has a relatively extended passage of septuple metre (ten bars of 7/4, then three of 4/4 and three of 3/4; the pattern repeats with four each of 4/4 and 3/4)."
• The Dante Symphony
  Dante Symphony
  A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy, S.109, or simply the "Dante Symphony", is a program symphony composed by Franz Liszt. Written in the high romantic style, it is based on Dante Alighieri's journey through Hell and Purgatory, as depicted in The Divine Comedy...
  
  by Franz Liszt
  Franz Liszt
  Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
  
   has several bars in 7/4.
• "Diary of a Madman" by Ozzy Osbourne
  Ozzy Osbourne
  John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
  
  . The verses are in 7/4.
• "Heart of Glass
  Heart of Glass (song)
  "Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the US and UK.Rolling...
  
  " by Blondie
  Blondie (band)
  Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
  
   has a break after the chorus in 7/8.
• "Heaven on Their Minds", from Jesus Christ Superstar
  Jesus Christ Superstar
  Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
  
  , by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  Andrew Lloyd Webber
  Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
  
  . Mainly in 4/4, but turnarounds in b. 44–51 and 69–76 are in 7/8.
• "I Tamper with the Evidence at the Murder Site of Odin" by Dethklok
  Dethklok
  Dethklok is both a virtual band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, as well as a real band created to perform the band's melodic death metal music in live shows. The band was created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon...
  
   is in 7/8, except for two interludes in common time.
• "I Was Brought To My Senses" by Sting. Intro is in 4/4, but the rest is 7/4.
• "In the dead of night" by UK. Mainly in 7/4. After the chorus that is a riff in 4/4 + 4/4 + 5/8, ending in 4 bars 4/4.
• "In the House of Tom Bombadil" by Nickel Creek
  Nickel Creek
  Nickel Creek was an American progressive acoustic music trio consisting of Chris Thile , Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins . The band was founded in 1989 and released 6 albums between 1993 and 2006...
  
   - alternates between 4/4 and 7/8.
• "Jive Talkin'
  Jive Talkin'
  "Jive Talkin" is a song by the Bee Gees, which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top-five on the UK singles chart in the summer of 1975. Largely recognized as the group's "comeback" song, it was their first U.S. top ten hit since "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" in...
  
  " by Bee Gees
  Bee Gees
  The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
  
   has a recurring post-chorus synthesizer break notated as either 7/4 or alternating measures of 3/4 and 4/4
• "Jocko Homo
  Jocko Homo
  "Jocko Homo" is the B-side to Devo's first single, "Mongoloid," released as a single in 1977 on Devo's own label, Booji Boy Records and later released in the UK on Stiff Records. The song was re-recorded as the feature song for Devo's first album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! on Warner Bros....
  
  " by Devo
  Devo
  Devo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult...
  
   is primarily in 7/8, but changes to 4/4 partway through.
• "Laps in Seven", by Sam Bush
  Sam Bush
  Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...
  
   (7/4). (except for the electric mandolin solo which is in 4/4 time)
• "Like a Beautiful Smile" by Sting. The main theme is three bars of 7/8 and one bar of 8/8. The chorus is in 8/8.
• "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" by XTC
  XTC
  XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:...
  
  . Verses are in 7/8.
• "Meheeco" by English group Sky
  Sky
  The sky is the part of the atmosphere or outer space visible from the surface of any astronomical object. It is difficult to define precisely for several reasons. During daylight, the sky of Earth has the appearance of a pale blue surface because the air scatters the sunlight. The sky is sometimes...
  
  . The second part features an alternation of 8/8 - 7/8. In the live versions, the drums would often continue playing 8/8 over the rest of the bands 7/8 bars, creating an isorhythm
  Isorhythm
  Isorhythm is a musical technique that arranges a fixed pattern of pitches with a repeating rhythmic pattern.-Detail:...
  
  .
• "Money
  Money (Pink Floyd song)
  "Money" is the sixth track from English progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. Written by bassist Roger Waters, it opened side two of the original vinyl LP, and is the only song on the album to enter the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100...
  
  " by Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
  
  . Predominantly in 7/4.
• "Oh, Happy We" from act 1 of Candide
  Candide (operetta)
  Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire. The operetta was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman; but since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to...
  
  by Leonard Bernstein
  Leonard Bernstein
  Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
  
  . Verses are in 7/4, turnarounds in 3/4.
• "Outshined
  Outshined
  "Outshined" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Outshined" was released in 1991 as the second single from the band's third studio album, Badmotorfinger...
  
  " by Soundgarden
  Soundgarden
  Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by singer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto...
  
  . Verses in 7/4.
• "Los peones de hacienda", from the ballet Estancia by Alberto Ginastera
  Alberto Ginastera
  Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...
  
  . Bars 27–28 (third and fourth bars following rehearsal 65) are in 7/8.
• "Pick Up Summer" by Fu Manchu is in 7/4 & 8/4.
• "Possum Kingdom
  Possum Kingdom
  "Possum Kingdom" is a song by rock band Toadies released as the second single from their 1994 album, Rubberneck.The song's origins lie in folklore from the band's native state of Texas...
  
  " by the Toadies
  Toadies
  Toadies are an alternative rock band from Fort Worth, Texas, best known for the song "Possum Kingdom." The band's classic lineup consisted of Todd Lewis on vocals/guitar, Mark Reznicek on drums, Lisa Umbarger on bass, and Darrel Herbert on guitar. It formed in 1989 and disbanded in 2001 after...
  
   (verse and riff alternate between 7/4 and 8/4, the rest is in 4/4).
• "Presto ruvido", no. 4 of Sechs Bagatellen for wind quintet (1953) by György Ligeti
  György Ligeti
  György Sándor Ligeti was a composer of contemporary classical music. Born in a Hungarian Jewish family in Transylvania, Romania, he briefly lived in Hungary before becoming an Austrian citizen.-Early life:...
  
   (all in 7/8 except b. 36, 39, and 51, in 3/8, 2/8, and 3/8, respectively).
• "Promenade", from Pictures at an Exhibition
  Pictures at an Exhibition
  Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.The suite is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists...
  
  , by Modest Mussorgsky
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period...
  
  . The last two of five versions mixes 7/4 irregularly with other metres: (4th Promenade) 5/4, 6/4, and 7/4, with a single 3/4 bar at the end; (5th Promenade) four pairs of regularly alternating 5/4 and 6/4, then an irregular mixture of 5/4, 6/4, and 7/4 to the end.
• "Seven" by Dave Matthews Band
  Dave Matthews Band
  Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...
  
   (verses in 7/4)
• "The Spirit of Radio
  The Spirit of Radio
  "The Spirit of Radio" is a song released in 1980 by Canadian rock band Rush from their album Permanent Waves. The song's name was inspired by Toronto radio station CFNY's slogan. The song was significant in the growing popularity of the band. It is also the first song of the 1980s, since Permanent...
  
  " by Rush
  Rush (band)
  Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
  
  . The first part of the instrumental bridge alternates between 7/4 and 4/4.
• "Spoonman
  Spoonman
  "Spoonman" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Spoonman" was released on February 15, 1994 as the first single from the band's fourth studio album, Superunknown . "Spoonman" is often credited as one of the songs that launched Soundgarden's career...
  
  " by Soundgarden
  Soundgarden
  Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by singer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto...
  
  . Verses in 7/4.
• "Tattooed Love Boys" by The Pretenders. Verses alternate between 7/4 and 4/4.
• "Thunderchild" by Jeff Wayne
  Jeff Wayne
  Jeffry "Jeff" Wayne, born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, is a musician best known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical version of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds...
  
   from his concept album War of the Worlds
  Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
  Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1978 concept album by Jeff Wayne, retelling the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Its format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using narration and leitmotifs to carry the story via rhyming melodic lyrics that express...
  
   is primarily in 7/8.
• "Times Like These
  Times Like These (song)
  "Times Like These" is the second single released from the Foo Fighters' fourth album One by One. It was released on two main discs in 2003....
  
  " by Foo Fighters
  Foo Fighters
  Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
  
  . Primarily in 4/4 but the main riff of the song is played in 7/4.
• "Tom Sawyer
  Tom Sawyer (song)
  "Tom Sawyer" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, named after Mark Twain's literary character. The song was released on Mercury Records and PolyGram in 1981 on the Moving Pictures album and numerous compilations thereafter, such as 1990's Chronicles. It has also appeared on several live albums and...
  
  " by Rush
  Rush (band)
  Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
  
   instrumental section in 7/8
• "Variations on a Ground", third movement of the Double Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra, op. 49, by Gustav Holst (13th and 17th variations in 7/4).
• "La Villa Strangiato" by Rush
  Rush (band)
  Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
  
   has some sections in 7/8.

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