Editing Time signature (section)

== Irregular bar ==
{{anchor|Irregular Bar}}
Irregular bars are a change in time signature normally for only one bar. Such a bar is most often a bar of [[Triple metre|{{music|time|3|4}}]], [[Quintuple meter|{{music|time|5|4}}]] or [[Duple meter|{{music|time|2|4}}]] in a {{music|time|4|4}} composition, or a bar of {{music|time|4|4}} in a {{music|time|3|4}} composition, or a bar of {{music|time|5|8}} in a {{music|time|6|8}} composition.

If a song is entirely in {{music|time|4|4}} a change to {{music|time|3|4}} will make the song feel like it has skipped a beat, the opposite is true for {{music|time|5|4}} where it feels like the song adds a beat. If a song changes to {{music|time|2|4}} is will make it feel like that bar is half as long as all the others<ref>{{Citation |title=Songs That Skip a Beat | date=7 August 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Wtvs42Ne8 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Songs That Add a Beat | date=8 July 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTdCzot0fqk |language=en |access-date=2022-09-22}}</ref>

Some popular examples include "[[Golden Brown]]" by [[The Stranglers]] ({{music|time|4|4}} in a {{music|time|3|4}} composition), "[[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]]" originally by [[Arrows (British band)|The Arrows]] ({{music|time|7|4}} in a {{music|time|4|4}} composition), "[[Hey Ya!]]" by [[Outkast]] ({{music|time|2|4}} in a {{music|time|4|4}} composition), and "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]" by [[Kate Bush]] (different kinds of irregular bars in a {{music|time|4|4}} composition).