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“The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)“ is a mostly instrumental rock song by progressive rock band Yes from their 1971 album Fragile. It was written by Chris Squire. The bass guitar performs most of the parts of the song. The song starts out with a guitar solo before transitioning into the main 7/4 section. Its only lyrics, the subtitle of the song, appear towards the end of the piece, are repeated several times and fade out with it. In concert, the song is used as an extended bass jam for Chris Squire, and the piece is drastically rearranged. There are only two points in the song that are in 7/4 and are similar to the studio version; the rest is a series of different common time improvisations by Squire with varying beats and backing melodies, often including bass parts from other... Read on...