"the only reason anybody would compose a tune in 7/8 is to draw attention to how clever they are." Well the Greeks have been doing it for hundreds of years.

Then there are the "crooked" tunes with an odd meter thrown in here and there. Here is a crooked polka I composed - mostly 2/4, with a 3/4 measure thrown in. Actually it's a type of dance known as a "Zwiefacher", a quick south German dance with changing 3/4, 2/4 meters. Do a normal waltz step and then a dreher (a two-step as in the second part of a scottish).

And here is a crooked waltz, "Leaving Friday Harbor" by John McCusker, 3/4 with a 2/4 measure thrown in.

Cheers, S. in Seattle