Thread: Help! Loking for songs or parts of songs in 5/8 and 7/8

I'm looking for music in 5/8 and 7/8. For now I'm not limiting myself to any particular genre. I've got several laz bars (in 7/8) but 5/8 is much harder to come across. Fusion stuff is also welcome. Thank you in advance oh mighty bhuz :))))

I am not too familiar with 5s, but there is always Dave Brubeck's Take 5. Berberian has a 5 (Sevan) on Ode to an Oud.

Gokte Yildiz Ay Musun on Bergama Gaydasi by Laco Tayfa is a super fun 7, I performed to it two weeks ago. You already know Hijaz Mandira, I assume? :-) I am also partial to Gurzu Kizi on Bende Can by Yordan Tokcal.

Steffib--how do you dance to a "7"? i have done a sorta folky laz dance to the Laz song on Dalia Carela's CD. I'm curious how you perform yours.

Hm, that's a good question :-) I have had about 10 minutes instruction on dancing to 7s (by Aszmara from New York, who is amazing with 7s). Mostly, I either do things on 135 followed by a shorter pause, or on 1 and 5. To me, shoulder accents (135) seem like the perfect match, hops, hip twists, lots of steppy/weight change things. Not sure that's terribly useful, I am afraid. I have video of last week,if i t is not too terrible, I will post a link.

p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6LyPizvZ7Q&feature=channel&list=UL

here is mine from Xmas 2009---i posted it a long time ago. I added in some steps from the "Laz" folkdance. It starts w/ a short veil piece. I'm not skilled enough to zill w/ this yet---something to work on.

p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6LyPizv...hannel&list=UL

i'll try it again.

This is a piece I wrote based on a Turkish 7/8, it's called Rania's 7 and is on iTunes and CDBaby as a download:

that's great!! are you playing a harmonium?

Originally Posted by taji-dancer

that's great!! are you playing a harmonium?

Yup, I play harmonium.

Totally not Middle Eastern, but Gravity by A Perfect Circle alternates between 7 count and 5 count rhythms.

You girls rock! Thanks a lot! Will look into everything in more detail a bit later. Thanks again!