In the Mehliana sense? Absolutely agreed

Yeah, or maybe 9/4 + 3/16 ..

well, it is 39/16, divided into 7-7-7-9-9 just like you said.

It's one bar of 4/4 and one bar of 6/4 , listen to the spotify recorded version

@@jsmith108 I asked him in 2012, he told me, it's 39/16 (7-7-7-9-9) twitter.com/markguiliana/status/245185435314315265?s=20

@@Ludwigooo That’s just for the opening version of the riff… He changes it for the solos and following repeats of the melody. Also, 9/4 + 3/16 would be harder to read than two bars of 4/4 + 7/16. It’s also more correct since Guiliana plays a backbeat groove for most of the mixed metre (again, this is just the opening we’re talking about). The solos use 7/16 for three bars then 9/16 for two bars. Although the musicians are obviously not feeling all those sixteenth notes, they feel the larger beats and if you look at Tigran’s leg he’ll tap the eighth note pulse to feel it out.

+Tommaso Malaguti Yes that's him! For a minute I was like "sounds really like tigran" until i realised it was him, didn't recognized him with this hair

vanfromhell same with mark guiliana the drummer

Yes!

+avukadox That's the same I got, although I have a transcription of this in 4, with one bar of 7 at the end. I think the 7,7,7,9,9 makes more sense. You can count it out easily by following the chord hits in the solos :)

i can't follow is that right 7,7,7,9,9?

I think; 4-4-5-5-4: 22:16. At least when the Pianist is improvising. I didn't count the rest.

We're playing this in an ensamble in college, and it is written (for ease of reading, and for rhythmic play) as two 4/4 bars plus a 7/16 bar but with an indicated clave structuring all (borrowing a term from another culture, but that's what is in operation) of 7-7-7-9-2-7 sixteenth notes.

I've asked this to Mark Guiliana (Drummer) years back, at least the way he counted was 7-7-7-9-9

The link of the full concert please

@Asmir Turčinhodžić you can hear the grouping in 7-7-7-9-9 start from 2:29, hear the accent on the bass, from one note to another that's the grouping, 7-7-7-9-9