Waltz: Favored Time Signature?

[oldness]

Figured I'd try my hand at starting a thread...

Throughout my years as a musician, I've had an innate tendency to gravitate towards time signatures built around 3 rather than 4. In particular, I've a weakness for 3/4 and 6/8 time, and will often unconsciously favor these time signatures when writing and listening. Even when playing over songs in standard 4/4 time, I find myself playing triplets rather frequently.

My question to the INTJ musician community: do you find you gravitate towards waltz times and/or odd-metered music? Do you write and/or play in waltz time/odd meters more so than the "average musician"?

To the non-musician INTJ contingent: do you have an innate preference for waltzes? Examples of such pieces:


"House of the Rising Sun" - The Animals
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" - The Beatles
"How to Disappear Completely" - Radiohead
"My Favorite Things" - John Coltrane
"Waltz of the Flowers" - Tchaikovsky

I'm wondering if this is a broader trait, or if it's an individual quirk.

[Claptonian]

I tend not to write in odd time signatures but I do appreciate them when used well. In my opinion, the time signature shouldn't be overly noticeable. It should feel totally natural, not jarring.

Examples: "Money" by Pink Floyd has an odd time signature but it feels totally natural. "Tom Sawyer" by Rush goes into some odd time signatures at parts and it doesn't feel natural to me.

I think my favorite use of waltz time in rock music is either the previously mentioned "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" or "I'm In Love with My Car" by Queen. That song has such a great rolling rhythm to it.