18 Rhythms you should know

[@blakelowe1300]

I once heard two seagulls crying(? is that the word for what seagulls do?) in a <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="243">4:3</a> polyrhythm. That was a fun day.

[@jasongieske817]

Gotta love when chickadees are doing their morning songs to each other and inadvertently sing "Across the Stars" from Star Wars.

[@Tuba000]

did they pass the goddamn butter then?

[@martingrieco]

David Bennet just consistently churning out some absolute gems

[@lim7lim]

Please do more videos on rhythm, specifically for piano playing

[@romanovelius]

that's the beauty of rhythms, they don't really care what is the sound source, pure elegance

[@southhour5241]

@@romanovelius Rhythm is the primordial essence of music.

[@stevhard]

Please, please! These are so helpful

[@Kylora2112]

The "football clap" is used in the opening handclaps of John Fogerty's "Centerfield" (a song about playing baseball). It's also used in the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night." It's really common as a stadium organ riff in the US (typically baseball and hockey teams will have an organist playing live music during breaks to pump the crowd up).

[@ragnarviews]

Let's not forget Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio by the Ramones

[@qqw743]

My after school club when I was 10 in 70s Israel used the football clap. The last two beats, we'd shout out the name of the club, which was two syllables.

[@corinnewolfe-betz7478]

Same here in Canada at hockey games. When the organist played it the fans would shout "Let's Go!" followed by clapping "clap clap clap clap clap clap clap" then back to shouting "Let's Go"!. Or at least in in 1980's/90's😂 (it's been awhile).

[@twi82wi]

Fans of the Viennese soccer club Rapid use the football clap, at the end shouting of course "Rapid!" (not pronounced the English way)

[@christopherheckman7957]

Maybe someone should do a video of organ riffs played at stadiums?

[@martinedwards2004]

The musical joke of an incomplete Shave And A Haircut rhythm was used in the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In it the judge (Christopher Lloyd) finds Roger by playing the first bar. Roger can’t resist and comes out of hiding to sing, “Two bits!”

[@mrpappa4105]

Hey i didnt catch that way back when, thanks. I always thought in LA Story (Steve Martin, Sarah J. Parker). He knocking at her door for dinner date, she has to close the door to complete the "Two Bits" and the go to dinner. Wish i had David as a music teacher 35 yrs ago. Great content & comments.

[@shma1israel]

Shave And A Haircut is also indispensable in circus music. And I think another incomplete rendition was part of that Big Bang Theory episode in which Amy tries to teach Sheldon a lesson by leaving lots of things unfinished.

[@danielf3623]

Also the original source of the phrase very likely comes from the old American "Barbershop Quartets" who, unsurprisingly, sang outside barbershops as advertising for the shop and entertainment for the customers.

[@jeffreygreen7860]

Definitely the best way to catch a toon.

[@2oqp577]

Bruce Lee too used it in one of his films

[@benjaminprietop]

"Do You Remember Rock'N'Roll Radio?" by the Ramones also uses the football clap. Great video David!

[@TheeGrumpy]

Inspired by the Bay City Rollers "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night"

[@johndav_iD]

I know the Football Clap as the signal for everyone to be quiet in school here in the U.S. It didn't always work ... but that's what I know it to be used for

[@lapsiluco]

Huh, here in Brazil it's the shave and a haircut rhythm

[@lordkoopus]

can attest for this, not sure which state youre from but in NY its also the "get the kids attention" thing the teachers use

[@chickenfish15]

@@lapsiluco same in Canada

[@dichotomae]

You’re right! I knew it sounded familiar but I couldn’t place it. In elementary school teachers would clap the first part when they wanted our attention and the students were supposed to finish it by clapping the “England” part.

[@Donut-Eater]

The way I know it as has the same first bar, but a different second bar "one two three, eyes on me" "One two, eyes on you"

[@TobeyFairre7861]

"Pass the god damned butter" is a phrase that's going to be stuck in my head for a while.

[@finctank]

It’s hard to beat

[@LazyCat010]

😂

[@FitR_MusicProductions]

I learned “pass the chocolate pudding” that’s gonna be hard to explain to your guitar teacher

[@chitlitlah]

I watched that part three times and still haven't stopped laughing. I never thought I'd hear that phrase used so seriously.

[@wjackter]

I learned it as Pass The Peanut Butter

[@victorhugotoledocofre1366]

Another well-known example for the Bo Diddley beat is "I Want Candy" by Bow Wow Wow (1982).

[@althealligator1467]

Originally a 60s song

[@bentilley5412]

Re-record, not fade fade away. I am practically a fossil.

[@samp.8099]

@@althealligator1467 Which is 10 times better than the 80s one

[@martinedwards2004]

Bob Seeger did a great version called “Bo Diddley” on his Live Bullets album. Worth a listen!

[@brettclarinmusic]

Thank you!! Oh what torture I couldn’t think of the name!

[@han-dell]

In Australia we had a heap of ads for AAPT Smart Chat on TV (phone company), they used the Football Clap rhythm to make the jingle "A A AAP AAPT SMART CHAT"

[@Omegavision79]

Those ads were themed around tennis, too

[@han-dell]

@@Omegavision79 "We are yellow, we are blue. We are Swedish, who are you?"

[@rbka9749]

Came here to say this lol

[@shamusenright5387]

Yeah. The commodification of culture.

[@han-dell]

@@shamusenright5387 I'm not sure about the rest of the world, but ads in Australia used to do this kind of thing a lot (maybe they still do, but I avoid ads as much asI possibly can these days)

[@julieanderson100]

Okay. I just had to pause this to comment. I am only 1/3 of the way through and have learned more about rhythm patterns in the last 6+ minutes than in 50+ years of living. This is exactly the hole I've been looking to fill in my knowledge. Thank you for making this video!

[@christopherheckman7957]

Not surprising. Rhythm is one part (if not THE part) of music that is often overlooked.

[@nicolasforfant484]

Football clap in French : " qui c'est - les plus forts - évidemment - c'est nous " Shouted in rythm by supporters in any sport / game, clapping hands on the two last

[@zenleek2129]

C’est les bleus ~

[@malegria9641]

Translation for the English speakers “Whos the fiercest- it’s clearly us!”

[@billymountain1124]

Pour les revendications dans les manifestations syndicales: Ce n’est qu’un début, continuons le COMBAT

[@leahm10]

As soon as I heard the Bo Diddley beat Faith popped into my head.

[@wyattstevens8574]

Family Madrigal/Bluey theme for me!

[@yudasgoat2000]

I went straight to "Hand Jive".

[@tuca9457]

The last one is crazy because it shows that there are not only unresolved chords but also but also rythms. So cool

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Agreed!!

[@km6206]

old jazz folks do this in jazz a lot. Like Phil Woods (sax player) does it alot in live shows. (example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foungI13ZpZ_gqc)

[@musicevangelist]

In New Zealand (and possibly Australia) the football clap was used to advertise Milo, a malted drink powder and the 'two bits" part was said Mi-Lo

[@oliverdiamond6594]

ah yes i forgot that one. you mean the "football" part? two bits is from the other one.

[@musicevangelist]

@oliverdiamond6594 yeah that's the one.

[@ryotaloremusic]

Same here in Nigeria!

[@fromchomleystreet]

Jeff Porcaro’s “Rosanna” groove is both a 12/8 shuffle AND the Bo Diddley beat, put together.

[@aaronbuys]

Yeah, a half time shuffle should not be classified the same as the standard a shuffle

[@claudemir2050]

sou do Brasil e estou tentando entender o 12/8, no meu teclado YAMAHA tudo ritmo é 4/4 assim fica difícil diferenciar! Se eu entendi bem 12/8 seria um Surfle e o Swing seria um galope é isso?

[@iantrotter62]

Well said my friend. Jeff so eloquently explained the Rosanna shuffle as exactly that....RIP Jeff

[@BeatKasterG]

Almost. As Porcaro explained it, he adapted the Bo Diddley by moving the 4th accent forward (by 8th note triplet) on the bass drum.

[@dongentle6896]

World, folk, classical, jazz and pop all referenced. Love it.

[@queenodoubt]

The "shave and a haircut two bits" is SOOOOOOO popular in Argentina but not in music, but with knocking on doors, or with honking to a passing car or a friend, or ringing a doorbell, things like these.

[@Azuuraas]

yup, here in Brazil it's also pretty common, but with the added "PAM PARARAM PAM, PAM PAM" in a classroom to make everybody shut up

[@tomcollier1769]

In parts of Mexico, "shave and a haircut," tapped out on a motor vehicle horn, is used to impute ..... um, maternal canine ancestry to another driver in close proximity to your car. Use it judiciously, if at all.

[@GizzyDillespee]

Excellent idea and execution. Your past couple of videos (inc the KG&LW) have been fabulous!

[@smizmi5467]

This is such an amazing video. You never stop delivering.

[@wanderer314]

As a bassist and a fan of Iron Maiden, the first rhythm that comes to mind is "the gallop", a simple eighth note paired with two sixteenth notes

[@christopherheckman7957]

That's also the riff to Heart's "Barracuda".

[@randommaheshwari9667]

also in immigrant song by zeppelin

[@alexts4920]

Go for another video on rhythms! This is amazing and very useful!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Glad you like it 😊

[@johnbrennan8835]

@@DavidBennettPiano Loved it.

[@UrbanGarden-rf5op]

@ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1007">16:47</a> There was a Swedish pop show in the sixties called Drop In. They used Let’s Go as their intro/outro music. There is a live 12 minute video of The Beatles playing at Drop In, 30th October 1963, on YT. They’re even participating with hand claps in the “Drop In” outro. So that’s my reference🎶

[@thejontao]

As a kid in rural Canada, when we went to the rink to watch hockey, we’d hang over the boards and bang the “football clap”.

[@mrburpler]

The tresillo was INSANELY popular in the 2010s. I remember the rhythm driving me up a wall every time I heard it (and it low key still does). Also "Larks Tongues in Aspic pt.2" by King Crimson is the quintessential 5/4 Clave!

[@MsSambaNow]

You have effectively synthesized everything I have learned about rhythm for 3 decades, starting from African music, through Cuban, salsa, Latin jazz, samba, jazz swing, and beyond into polyrhythms. You have brought it all together showing all the inter-relationships and extensions of the varied rhythmic patterns. Well done!

[@bodhibeats8257]

Great video! I’m here for more rhythm theory! Why should chords get all the love?! 😁

[@ovidiocorchero2795]

For a musician, rhythm comes naturally just like breathing. It's useful to know the names and information provided however especially when collaborating.

[@edzielinski]

Fantastic. Saving this as a reference for learning and practice. It's amazing that so much music is based on just a small collection of basic rhythm patterns, but they do each have a unique character and lend themselves to pushing and pulling and stretching. I wonder if there is a name for the rhythm behind Queen's iconic "We Will Rock You"? Thanks!

[@leepat]

love that you made this about more than pop (and western) music. rhythms are such an underthought of treasure for music...

[@TheOnlyGeggles]

I don't know why, but <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="982">16:22</a> had me laughing out loud. The rhythm seems so comical and the text on top of it, said in such a serious manner... but maybe the rhythm has been used in humorous situations a lot, so I instinctively associate it with something being funny?

[@freerights6695]

same, it's so funny. He even sounds like he almost laughed right after.

[@fredericopereira9815]

I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 76 years old. Your video is EXCELLENT, both in content and approach and careful exemplification. Maybe it doesn't seem that way to those who haven't yet looked into the matter; but for me, who has toiled for years, alone, about the rhythmic particularities, so poorly addressed in the texts "conventional", trying to understand how such peculiarities can appearing on so many and diverse "musical fronts", it makes me want to cry for being born so before that crazy time, but with such objective learning opportunities, like in your video. Thanks. Fred Pereira

[@noodles2799]

Gonna crack out a polyrhythm when I’m asking for the butter

[@MatthewMcRowan]

That will get you laid

[@margotwhite]

Thank you so much for outlining all of these rhythms from their origins, it gives so much more depth to everything that has been built from them, so cool

[@DavidBennettPiano]

😀😀

[@jimbrentar]

the "football clap" appears in American football, too, and other American sports. the last two beats are usually, "Let's go!"

[@wyattstevens8574]

The way I'm most familiar with that is: first 5 claps stay intact, then (and this is almost always F-D-F-D!) a 4-syllable phrase or "let's go [2-syllable phrase]" on straight quarters.

[@drewharrison6433]

I can't believe that I can't find anyone mentioning Mickey by Toni Basil. "Oh, Mickey, you're so fine. You're so fine, you blow my mind. Hey Mickey!"

[@beat_avenger]

Let’s go team name! *drum, drum, drum drum drum*

[@wyattstevens8574]

@@beat_avenger The way I remember it, those two phrases are swapped!

[@lilaindc]

​@@drewharrison6433 You're so right!

[@3leggedkitten]

The pure joy of having you explain something to me in that precise yet easy to follow kind of way you have, then recognizing for myself what you're talking about through the examples of songs you give... I can't begin to describe it. Glad I found your channel, I really appreciate your content. Oh and the football clap is known as THE football clap in Germany as well.

[@paninidevOfficial]

You sound like Mumbo Jumbo

[@Jeremonkey90]

True

[@hhm6848]

Woah, you’re right!

[@stevecarter8810]

Mixed with half asleep Chris

[@paninidevOfficial]

@@stevecarter8810 yea

[@snookerwither9955]

Mumbo Jumbo has appeared in one of David's videos! He was analysing the music from the Minecraft soundtrack

[@opiateutopia]

Bossa Nova (or some variation of it) can be heard in 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' by Bauhaus. Which, according to their bassist, was the one of the few rhythms that the drummer knew at that time

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

Here in the U.S. many still use the Football Clap at sporting events. Usually saying "lets go."

[@wyattstevens8574]

I.e. quoting the Routers directly! Whenever Dude Perfect uses this, they (more often than not) turn the last two beats into "dead space" ("usually" because for Garrett bar 2 is his nickname, "pur-ple ho-ser," but for everyone else it's "let's go" and then 2 beats dead space) That's more like how I remember it (more like Garrett's variation, with bar 2 *normally* played on F-D-F-D!)

[@michaeleaster1815]

fabulous topic... thank you as always!

[@SuperbBird54]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="805">13:25</a> is objectively the best part of this video. no bias trust me :)

[@virgo47]

I always liked Tresillo in the bass... e.g. Madonna's Take a Bow, but there are tons of examples, and anytime I hear it, I like it. The next best thing for 3 steps besides the Waltz itself. A lot of interesting rhythms, thanks for the video!

[@doBobro]

Amazing. I finally understand how to read tuple notation. Thank you!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Glad it helped!

[@christopherheckman7957]

Now ... check out "The Black Page" by Frank Zappa. 8-)

[@CaptnRich737]

Thanks, David another great video. You asked for other rhythms in the comments. There are several hundred variations of rhythms in the Indian culture. In school, we practiced TAAL or “ clap” 👏 FWIW… There are several hundred kinds of rhythm cycles in Indian classical music with varying numbers of beats, but up North it is more usual to hear the varieties that come in 16, 12, 10, 7, or 14 beats (respectively - tintal, ektal, jhaptal, rupak taal, and dhamar, jhoomra, or deepchandi). Taals also have a vocalised equivalent whereby beats are expressed as phonetic representations of various strokes played on different percussion instruments. Drummers will often recite these phrases and then demonstrate the same on the tabla or mridangam. So… bol in Hindustani music, and solkattu in the Carnatic tradition. My experience was that this is a difficult rhythm to internalize because it’s not part of our western DNA. I think if you grow up exposed to this, it would be very familiar but not for the majority of us Westerners. Really liked how you phoneticize the beat using familiar rememberable sentences. ( cuppa tea, pass the butter, Weedwhacker et )A lot of Drummer will use this or even KONOKOL - Stressed and unstressed syllables/beats. Cheers.

[@dontcallmeshirley4]

Fantastic vid. 🇬🇷 here, football ⚽ clap? Absolutely!

[@axx111]

I really enjoyed the video and especially the song examples of a particular rythm. I would enjoy even some more examples.

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thanks! You should check out the part 2… 7 Rhythms you should know kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKq5d3Zvf66Shtk

[@sameoldtunes7110]

With the football clap, for me it’s just instinctual to complete the rhythm when someone does the first part XD

[@unstabilizer]

This is absolute gold! Thank you so so so much David, your channel is one of THE BEST out there!❤❤❤

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you!!

[@johnbrennan8835]

@@DavidBennettPiano What rhythm did the Beatles use in their early years?

[@ViliSirkia]

In Finland the football clap is used in similar way at least in ice hockey where in the end we yell the name of the team.

[@vivacev]

And in the song "Poika saunoo" :D

[@gggg-cu8gh]

Same with Australian football

[@wyattstevens8574]

US here- a lot of times (not just soccer) we do the same: either it's quoting the Routers directly, or bar 2 is straight quarters (for example "let's go [2-syllable team name]!")

[@francescolandro3070]

I used to play percussions in my youth.., this video has been a true Proust's madeleine.!! thanks mate..! No particular name for the "football rhythm" here in Italy, but we use "Na-po-li" (Naples) for triplets and Ro-ma (Rome) for eight notes

[@davetye]

Good stuff! Volume 2 please!

[@CorNigrum]

This overview of rhythms and styles with examples of each was very useful to get some ideas to expand horizons. Thanks for that. I did half expect for Meshuggah to show up somewhere near the end though. Maybe next time, in the advanced edition.

[@MarkLewis...]

Weird Request David... The 5 notes of Close Encounters D, E, C, C, (an octave lower) G... can you do a music theory analysis on them? Maybe historic connections, where the music was inspired from, etc...? I think it would be very interesting. Thanks.

[@alexeyjaga]

Tresillo can be found in surf (especially in guitar/drums) and rockabilly/psychobilly music (especially in double bass).

[@uwannaband]

Two common rhythms you should know: reggae and calypso. Both easily mnemonically characterized: "this is reggae, this is reggae" and "this is calypso, this is calypso". Reggae in 2/4 and Calypso in 3/4.

[@SammyDennisPhotography]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1064">17:44</a> Anyone notice when you knock on someones door with this rhythm you can usually expect a “two bits” response from the other person

[@mickeyrube6623]

Did you really just ask that?

[@SammyDennisPhotography]

@@mickeyrube6623 I did mate yeah. Can’t a man be curious?

[@wyattstevens8574]

David said that almost exactly!

[@plsaboia]

Great video, as always! But, along with Bossanova, Brazil is also known for the legendary Samba rhythm!

[@pedrotinaco1]

I was wondering which is more popular

[@MsSambaNow]

Actually the "Bossa Nova" Clave example here is the same as the Samba clave.

[@piezoelectric627]

I absolutely love this channel, my goal is to watch all the videos on a loop

[@nedphoenix631]

US origin. Shave and a haircut, 2 bits is the classic ending of songs sung by - wait for it - barbershop quartets, to advertise the barber's work to the men attracted by their music. Today we have Like, share, subscribe.

[@jl9205]

Agreed. A carryover from America's Vaudeville entertainment days.

[@wyattstevens8574]

Of *all places* barbershop? What examples are there of this?

[@HeartfullNess-h3s]

Thank u so much for giving several notes and countings. Even I'm a western teacher from India, chennai 🙏🙏🙏

[@kucingboyband]

you should do more videos about rhythm

[@DavidBennettPiano]

😊😊😊😊

[@thenetworkmystery]

I'll add the cascara to this list. A good mnemonic is "I don't like cabbage, I like potatoes"--with the "I" being the pickup on the and of 4. In Latin music, the clave aligns with the tumbao (bass line), and the montuno (played on piano or guitar, usually) lines up with the cascara.

[@wyattstevens8574]

Yeah- "We Don't Talk About Bruno," for example, has the montuno in the bass if at all! Perfect match!

[@ibpiano5520]

Venezuelan here. Glad to see you feature some Latin-American and African rhythms, it does feel like something the channel was previously lacking

[@allyrwebb]

I teach polyrhythms to my 9- through 12-year-old students. For the <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="243">4:3</a> polyrhythm, I use the phrase, “SUCH a cute, cute puppy.”

[@toast3373]

There's an anarchist chant on the football clap, "Li-Li- Liberta, anarchia totale"

[@th.nd.r]

I’m assuming there’s an extra note at the end for the “e” in “totale”?

[@toast3373]

​@@th.nd.r Its more like to - tal

[@otsoko66]

@@th.nd.r Spanish and Italian don't really use feet (iambic etc) - you can just ignore non-accented syllables when you count out the rhythm or sing (you usually just talk about how many accented syllables there are in a line of poetry or a song, and ignore all the unaccented syllables.) So you can happily ignore the final, unaccented, 'e' in totale when counting the rhythm. To make the chant work, you have to put more stress on the 'to' in totale than you would in regular speech, and then minimize the e; but it totally works.

[@th.nd.r]

@@otsoko66 that’s brilliant to know, thank you! I’ve always wondered where so many of the syllables go in Spanish-language music lol

[@caraher]

The first video i've seen on music theory that is actually engaging, interesting and useful! Very well done and love the examples of music for each style presented.

[@carl-johanfougstedt199]

I don´t know what it´s called, but one rhythm that I think of right away is the gallopping Barracuda rhythm. Iron Maiden uses it a lot.

[@ragnarviews]

You mean the Achilles Last Stand rhythm?

[@carl-johanfougstedt199]

@@wyattstevens8574 Exactly, that is the song I refer to.

[@carl-johanfougstedt199]

@@ragnarviews Absolutely!

[@wyattstevens8574]

It's called a "gallop," especially when it plays exactly once at a time like every bar in Under Pressure (in the bass strokes 3-5, or all space from beat 2 up to but not including beat 3)

[@ajames283]

It's called gallop. It's very old. For example, it's in Dario Castello's Sonata Prima from 1629. He didn't invent that rhythm and it was used even hundreds of years before him in Ars Subtilior music from the 1300s. Prima also has the Cinquillo rhythm. Hasse Requiem in C (1763) VII. Sanctus, also has a very obvious gallop rhythm.

[@19841947]

Thanks, not only for the explanations, but, even more, for collecting all the examples, in so many different styles, across geographic and musical borders. About the Football Clap, it was very popular in demonstrations during the rebellious '60s and '70s, in French "Ce - n'est - qu'un début- Continuons le - combat ! ", in Dutch or Flemish "'Tis - maar - een begin - Wij gaan voort met - de strijd !", both meaning "It's only a start, we'll keep on with the fight !".

[@henrikdewolf6154]

In the Netherlands a variation of the football clap is infamously used as a provocative chant, where it is sung as "broek uit - op je hoofd" which means "take off your pants and put them on your head"

[@nanamacapagal8342]

I noticed how a bunch of the rhythms all feel very similar but so distinct at the same time, you could hear a bit of "Son Clave" in "Shave and a haircut, two bits", "Rumba clave", and "Tresillo", and also hear a bit of "Tresillo" in "The Charleston" and "5/4 Clave".

[@wyattstevens8574]

"... shave / a / cut / two bits..." Interesting- never noticed that!

[@natohutch]

The "Football clap" I just think of the teacher trying to get our attention in primary school.

[@freds2052]

that "shuffle supercut" made me chuckle. I never knew what was going to come next but it flowed so well

[@DmitryOlyenyov]

It's seems that I'm using football clap as a door knocking rhythm for like 20 years without ever knowing what it is...😅

[@pedrotinaco1]

I use shave and a haircut

[@Cromanea]

Thanks David.....May never be able to Thank you enough for what you do for us!

[@retread1083]

If you want to inspire a crowd, simple can be extremely effective. We Will Rock You -- Queen

[@jedgould5531]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="102">1:42</a> David your idea and tone were ideally coordinated when moving to the American son clave. In ways many may not notice, you are improving your craft. And helping me - I was looking for such a Latin variation.

[@jedgould5531]

9:26 I am so deaf. Is this Nina Simone tune using Scottish Snap? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYu2aJyBmbeia7Msi=hVNyDahKlikmEBP-

[@rogue_114]

bo diddley naming a song after himself is pretty goated

[@robert33232]

Wow! The phrases helped me to focus on the poly rhythms! Though, I came up with my own phrases: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="184">3:4</a> - "DON'T forGET the BOttle" <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="243">4:3</a> - "NO BOttle TO forGET" Depends on which voice (3 or 4) is the main one. Now I'm gonna master <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="304">5:4</a> and <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="245">4:5</a>... :> (the verse of Killswitch Engage - Arms of Sorrow - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e53Yq4egbZ2njbc) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="245">4:5</a> - "DON'T forGET aBOUT-it Ever" <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="304">5:4</a> - "WE'LL NEver GET-aLONG aGAIN"

[@matthiasb5301]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1109">18:29</a> that's incredibly frustrating

[@stitchgroover]

In Australia, we have a variation on the Football Clap - it's "You're Going Home In The Back Of A Divvy Van"

[@tonybates7870]

Football hooligans in Britain used to shout "You're going home in a fucking ambulance!" to that beat!

[@peterudkins1588]

Isn't the football clap also "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers?

[@wyattstevens8574]

It's also basically the backbone rhythm of "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys- I mean, listen to the rhythm they use to say "round, round, get around, I get around!"

[@giralua1]

Four over three is often used in Paraguayan harp music, where it gives the music a strong driving rhythm. I spent months teaching myself that one, patting the steering wheel for practice as I drove to and from work.

[@ivanokmunoz]

In Chile 🇨🇱 we use the football clap, in protest and social manifestations. Usually we only clap the first bar. Sometimes the 2 bars are clapped, but we don't replace any beat with words.

[@gamzer]

Rosana gives you two rhythms for one with the shuffle and Bo Diddley on the kick!

[@ricardf1857]

I would love to see a video on Flamenco rhythms ! Good work.

[@ljdobles8104]

Great compilation of rhythms, more videos like this please.

[@cdprince768]

Yes, the football clap is also used in American sports. But I'm a little disappointed you didn't include the "A Noose, A Tree, Hang the Referee" rhythm.

[@OverClover]

I love the way you describe the origins and history of different rhythms and their intersection in different genres.

[@evronchenga4899]

And suddenly all the songs are the same song.

[@DonDueed]

Back when Johnny Carson was host of the Tonight Show, his band took to using "shave and a haircut" to end his theme / intro music, often with unusual notes for the "two bits".

[@wyattstevens8574]

More examples of: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="21">0:21</a> (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="182">3:2</a> Bo Diddley) "Family Madrigal" (at double-time) Theme from "Bluey" (also double-time) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="75">1:15</a> (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="123">2:3</a> Bo Diddley) New (2010s-era) "Annie": clap rhythm #2 in her "essay" on FDR <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="634">10:34</a> I think you've pointed out that "Pyramid Song" uses this! <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="697">11:37</a> 12tone points out that "Hungry Like The Wolf" (almost) uses a reversed variation of this! <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="812">13:32</a> Another (twice as long, L=2 and S=1) 5/4 rhythm is more complicated (but David, you'll recognize this: its structure is related!) L S LL L S LL LL SS (also broken up further to emphasize the relatedness) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1010">16:50</a> We (I'm American) usually do one of the following: either quote the Routers' song directly, or compromise by doing the first 5 strokes (bar 1) and turning bar 2 into straight quarters (for a 4-syllable term, possibly "let's go [2-syllable team/location]), and no, we don't associate it exclusively with soccer! Examples of the pure form: "Ridiculous" from Descendants 1 and "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons One more bonus rhythm: (L:M = M:S = <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="121">2:1</a>- most famous example of this has L~120/min) MM SSM MM L | MM MM MM L (broken into quarter notes; the pipeline is a bar break) I'll leave it as a surprise, but the goal of this is to get faster and faster! Comment below if you figure it out!

[@deanieharP]

Epic break through as a producer this broadens your range of beats by a milestone

[@acj2789]

The Viennese waltz isn't three equal quavers. One of the beats is slightly displaced. I think the second beat is usually regarded as coming slightly early. Also, although the waltz is conventionally thought of three beats in a bar, what's often required is for a waltz to have a one-in-the-bar feel (that is, the second and third beats are only lightly accented).

[@karissimah]

SUPER HELPFUL. came here to wrap my head around clave rhythms and this did not disappoint!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Glad it helped!

[@wigwagstudios2474]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="77">1:17</a> illegal that you didn't use the dora the explorer theme

[@wigwagstudios2474]

17:15 in school they made us do this way back yonder but only the first part

[@adammono1839]

A video on half time, time, double time would be good. Especially with how you would choose to transcribe. I've gone to rehearsals before now having written out in half time to everyone else's time. Harry miree had a good video about this sort of thing

[@bettyswunghole3310]

Thanks David...your vids never fail to rekindle my interest in music!

[@martijn_yt]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="278">4:38</a> I did always like the onorthodox drum pattern in Clocks, but I never noticed before, but because of this video now I realise the drums are playing something closer to the first measure of a Rumba Clave, with a kick on the last eight note. Very nice against the Son Clave pattern of the piano ;)

[@jcong000]

Nice cup of tea is the most funny thing i've heard today

[@belindadrake5487]

Great stuff, Thank You. You caught me out, when you said you were going to play something in 5/4. 😆 So of course, l think of DAVE BRUBECK! Being a jazz musician, l’ll plead guilty! Mighta been great as well to put that out there too. 😃 🎹🎸👍🏽✨