| "Discipline" | ||||
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| Song by King Crimson from the album Discipline | ||||
| Released | September 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 5:13 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer | Adrian Belew | |||
| Composer | Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin | |||
| Producer | King Crimson, Rhett Davies | |||
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"Discipline" is a 1981 instrumental song by the progressive rock band King Crimson. It is the title track on Discipline, their return album after a seven year hiatus. The song is 5:13 in length and serves as the album's conclusion. it has a faster tempo and more of a new wave pre-techno sound compared to the preceding song, "The Sheltering Sky". It consists of a repeating theme with subtle variations introduced over time, creating a hypnotic effect.
The song undergoes many time signature changes. There are two main guitars (one played by Robert Fripp the other by Adrian Belew) and often each of them are playing in a different time signature, giving the song a chaotic and intense feel. Many times the guitars play similar patterns, but one drops a note making them go either out of sync or change time signatures. During the song the two guitars of Belew and Fripp, respectively, move through the following sequence of pairs of time signatures: 5/8 and 5/8, 5/8 and 4/4, 5/8 and 9/8, 15/16 and 15/16, 15/16 and 14/16, 10/8 and 20/16, 15/16 and 15,16, 15/16 and 14/16, 12/16 and 12/16, 12/16 and 11/16, 15/16 and 15/16, 15/16 and 14/16. Throughout the drums play in 17/16.