{"id":19781,"date":"2013-12-10T10:32:06","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T15:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=19781"},"modified":"2013-12-10T10:32:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T15:32:06","slug":"better-in-78-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/12\/better-in-78-time.html","title":{"rendered":"Better in 7\/8 Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Many things are better in 7\/8 time. Here\u2019s \u201cSleigh Ride\u201d:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>And here\u2019s \u201cGood King Wenceslas\u201d:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"National Hammered Dulcimer Champion, Mark Alan Wade with The Fiddler, Alex De Pue\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s90PCoLz780?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The latter video I\u2019ve shared before \u2013 the arrangement and fiddle playing are by Alex de Pue, brother of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isomusicians.com\/AboutUs\/TheMusicians\/FirstViolin\/ZachDePue.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zach de Pue<\/a>, who is the concertmaster of the Indianapolist Symphony Orchestra, as well as a member of Time for Three.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many things are better in 7\/8 time. 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