What Time Signature is Radiohead’s 'Pyramid Song' in?

[@craigdarlson2795]

The quavers are 3, 3, 4, 3, 3. This is because 4 triangles (3,3,3,3) and 1 square (4) make a pyramid.

[@amdnable]

mind = blown. Thank you Craig

[@mikebyj2310]

I swear the drummer is doing it 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 though. The fills he plays might fit that grid a bit better. The piano definitely sounds like 3, 3, 4, 3, 3 which I never noticed until reading your comment. Cheers!

[@jheckerman]

illuminati

[@nicholas3354]

@@jheckerman All pop-culture is Illuminati, it's disgusting. They enslave humanity through spiritual "social"-engineering. "Creep" is right. Christ is All 😄. Much love.

[@louiswallis1641]

oh damn

[@bullsquid42]

I'm not a musician, but I absolutely love Radiohead. I just found that I can listen to their songs many times, and they just stay interesting and incredibly atmospheric. Thank you for helping me understand why that is.

[@NotPeteMcCabe]

The more complex a song is, the more you can listen to it and it stays interesting. Can be chords or chord progressions, rhythms, lyrics. Radiohead go for all three

[@karlosed]

4/4 is not a easy time signature anymore, thanks to Radiohead

[@josedpogi]

4/4 is supposed to be a basic time signature, but radiohead made it complicated. Lol

[@thenobody7904]

Debussy - Rêverie

[@talloccasion1562]

and meshuggah

[@bemersonbakebarmen]

Zappa said time signature shouldnt exist, because they dont when you are composing, they exist only on paper.

[@UkuleleAversion]

Bruh, check out Tigran Hamasyan if you think this is a complicated 4/4.

[@DBruce]

Great stuff, really clear and loved the part where you re-wrote it in 3/8 4/8. I also hadn't heard about the Mingus influence. Keep up the great work, but watch out using long clips of audio, you might get the dreaded strike from youtube!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

David Bruce Composer thank you David! Yeah, I know what you mean with copyright strikes! Scary! I’ve got away with it so far but no one is safe! Thanks again 🙏

[@yuribillones5094]

Not with this song in particular, but rather, Mingus is "quoted" in the National anthem, with the signature horn parts. Funky indeed. That section was influenced by the jazz players.

[@Josephjohnferreira]

Great video! The claps in the Mingus song instantly reminded me of those in “We Suck Young Blood” off of Hail To The Thief... which also has that jazz freakout

[@gruforevs]

Whenever I find a new music youtuber that I love, you always have comments on their videos. Can you please forward me a list of all of them so I don't have to find them?

[@sean6663]

I really couldn’t see Any of the guys from radio head having a problem with a vid like this. One of them occasionally gives musical lectures at a uni near where I live. Don’t know if the label they where with at the time have much to say anymore tho.

[@Unit27]

Rather than notating it in 4/4, I'd say this song is an example where notating it as 8/8 might be more useful. 4/4 implies the strong and weak beats being on a 4th, around which we usually synchopate. With this song the piano pattern goes out of its way to only accent the 1st beat of the whole 4 bar chord change pattern. If we think of it as a swung 8/8, it's easier to understand the 3 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 8ths pattern and actually feel it throughout the piano only part, and the drums also become easier to understand. If you say "tacara tacara tacaraca tacara tacara" along with the piano, the song's meter makes sense and feels right.

[@tehwinnerz5006]

Unit27 no one with a clue writes music in 8/8

[@Unit27]

TehWinnerz notation is about communicating musical ideas on paper. If a song requires a certain feel or interpretation, the copyist can and must communicate performance nuances to the musicians using the tools available, including time signatures. Same reason you can write music in 12/8 to indicate 4 beats with an 8th triplet feel per bar, instead of writing in 4/4ths and adding triplet marks to everything. Writing this song in 4/4 with swung 8ths might be technically correct, but the placement of the accents and grouping of 8ths makes it really hard to understand how to perform, and the last thing you want is confusion in your musicians.

[@tehwinnerz5006]

Unit27 I’ve been a professional musician for a long time, playing v complicated rhythmic music and I’ve never seen 8/8. But I’m sorry for my comment because I came across as a total arse so i apologise! I’d just write this in 4 and say it was swung

[@keynestortoise]

In Greek music, there are these weird time signatures, which were influenced by Minor Asia. Think of 5/8, 7/8, or 9/8. An well-known example of the latter time signature is Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo A La Turk”. So, I can tell you that there actually is an 8/8 time signature, in which there is an accent on the first, the fourth and the seventh eighth note of each bar. An example of this time signature in a song is this beautiful Greek ‘60s song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3fCgaJsgK-isMk (The translation of the title is “Someone is celebrating”)

[@tehwinnerz5006]

keynestortoise thanks but that Brubeck song is still 4/4

[@a_mouse6858]

The 4/4 time signature is fully revealed at the 2 minute mark, when the drums enter, initially mimicking 33433, then breaking into a full 4/4 swing, while the rest of the band stays locked on 33433. The two patterns beat against each other the rest of the song. I can't imagine how they do this. It's absolute genius.

[@Marin_Karin]

Basically the same debate as Videotape, it feels disoriented because it's the piano who starts the song, but the tempo is still the same as when the drums kick in, just imagine the ride of the drums playing alongside the start of the song and it will make sense

[@jedtulman46]

Wonderfully explained

[@silver6380]

Once the drums enter, I find it easiest to count it as a 16-beat figure subdivided weird: 123-12-123-123-12-123.

[@HorribleSonofa]

The bossa nova thing really of caught my attention. Never considered it before. Thanks.

[@sydney-ch2ek]

the fact that its making a pyramid ... the fact that the chords are sort of moving around like theyre glitching .... their minds are so powerful

[@catman6089]

as soon as you brought in crotchets and quavers i blacked out

[@ididgt4259]

Is that Roach Dog's little boy?

[@gredangeo]

Indeed. Eighth Notes, Quarter Notes, etc, are so much more easier to understand. Its name IS the definition. Simple. layering names like Quaver and such, is an unnecessary step imo. The one thing America gets right, when it comes fractions and whatever. That useless Imperial system would 10 times more of a hassle to learn, if you had to memorize what a Crotchet of a Inch was.

[@MandrakeGuy]

@@gredangeo yeah but that also doesnt mean to hate it to complete in te n s it y, use what you want

[@lsplord]

Crotchets and quavers etc make more sense as names once you know them *because* they're not a descriptive term. A quarter note makes sense in 4/4 but not in 3/4

[@gredangeo]

@@lsplord " A quarter note makes sense in 4/4 but not in 3/4" - That makes no sense, what you said. Sorry. 3/4 contains 3 Quarter notes. That's how you get 3 out of 4. 3 Quarters. Thus 4/4 has 4 of them. Guess how 8th Notes are in 6/8 time? That's right, 6 of them. Everything contains its own relevant definition. That's why it's easy to understand.

[@salpuma9145]

I can honestly say...as a musician and Uber progrock geek...no song has baffled more than this song. That lead in drum fill is so wonderfully disorienting...even for those brief seconds. Great video chap...the metronome portion was enlightening

[@skinnysponge]

If it hasn't already been suggested or done, I think a video over "Reckoner" would be pretty interesting. I've heard there is some hidden meaning in the placement and timing of the lyrics and something to do with a so called "Golden Ratio". Loved this video by the way.

[@Atlas65]

Spencer Allen that is actually really interesting, if that is true. I have never heard that before. I covered that song many years ago, and I remembered how different the vocals were in regards where they came in. Well at least to me the timing was different then what I initially thought it would be. By the way commenting here so your comment gets more visible, so there is more likely that he will cover that subject.

[@starphaser]

Great stuff. It's worth mentioning the amazing drumming on Pyramid Song, since it also contributes to the eery, loose feel of the song. Thanks!

[@walrusjunior4773]

“What time signature is your song?” “Yes”

[@soullessSiIence]

Very original. Have a life. I mean, a like.

[@conneroneill8506]

So lame. Stop. You repeated a comment meme. Cool

[@YAMMAS]

Daily Routine: Post dead meme in a comments section :|| True music geeks would get that.

[@thepancakereviewer]

@@YAMMAS I see what you did there :II

[@aaronheaton2606]

@@YAMMAS sorry but just because you know what a repeat is doesn't necessarily make you a music geek. We have higher standards than that.

[@ramiropuelmas8557]

The fuck I thought this channel would have at least a couple hundred thousand subscribers... Such good production quality, thanks for the video.

[@GoviaM]

this aged well

[@TheKennyboy92]

When you put the swing metronome alongside the piano it made sooo much more sense and easier to feel the rhythm.

[@justdev8965]

I stand completely mindfucked. How does Yorke not mess this up playing it live is beyond my comprehension! A true genius.

[@officialpierluk]

Thanks for this analysis this was probably the best explanation i found on the rhythm and time signature of pyramid song, my favorite song of all time :)

[@ekboprod7512]

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[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you! 😊😊

[@beachthor1]

Well said! I’ve frequented his channel for years

[@darrenbrown8952]

So glad that you picked up the second important aspect where the chords shift on different beats! Others have already touched on the subdivided rhythm but it's nice to see my hunch was right :3. Great stuff man

[@IlGattonero13]

Brilliantly done! Thank you! I'd always heard Pyramid Song in 3/8 4/8 but hadn't noticed the symmetry (or the bossa nova connection) before. The rhythms are more resolved in my head now, and the song seems somehow more spacious and balanced.

[@JBDazen]

7:54 except that song is easy to follow. I've been working on Pyramid Song for ages now and it still trips me up. I've got the piano pattern down pretty well now, but I'm having a hard time timing the singing over the piano rhythm. Thom's phrasing is incredible. I'm sure he's never had to think about it. He probably just feels it. So far, I haven't been able to get there.

[@JonesWazza]

Absolutely

[@JBDazen]

@@JonesWazza i can happily report I got there in the end, i can now sing and play it effortlessly

[@Tulbih]

"As I`m sure you know..." Yes. Mhm.

[@cynicaldrummer286]

Sure

[@justdev8965]

LoL

[@808sos7]

Once the drum kicks in it is clearly a 4/4 song (but took me 5 years to figure it out

[@McGuinty2]

Yuchen Wang it also makes it clear that it’s swung, which isn’t so clear before it kicks in. It’s almost like one of those song intros that come in on an off beat with no clear reference to the pulse so you’re like two to four bars in before you realize you have the beat backward in your head. I’m not sure if there’s a musicological term for it but there’s two good examples on Led Zeppelin IV: Misty Mountain Hop and Rock and Roll, the latter of which I didn’t figure out what Bonham was really doing until I watched a bonzoleum KZbin video that explained that it’s basically a 50’s style jump intro like Rock Around The Clock or Little Richard stuff and that the drums come in on the ‘and’ of 3.

[@xandergreenwood158]

@@McGuinty2 if we stick with radiohead, try and wrap your head around Videotape. The whole song is offbeat.

[@mattyp1439]

agreed, first tine i heard this song i struggled until the drums come in. then it becomes really clear what’s happening now i only hear 4/4, and just tap along to the song in crotchets

[@rolanddelasse8585]

i still cant figure it out fuck

[@StyxTBuferd]

That's so funny to me because I feel the opposite. The drums actually emphasize away from 4/4. The swing pattern is a kick on 1, snare on & of 2, kick on 4, snare on & of 1, and then either kick on 3, snare on & of 3 (first time around), or a fill across 3 and 4 (second time around). If you write that as two bars of 3/4 and a bar of 2/4, and repeat, it becomes much easier to parse: kick on 1, snare on & of 2, kick on 1, snare on & of 2, and then either kick on 1, snare on & of 1, or a fill across 1 and 2. I'm actually a bit disappointed he didn't mention the fact that the drums purposely try to subvert the rhythm in such a way to make it feel even harder to keep straight. It purposely emphasizes 3's and 2's over 4s, and those snare hits on the &s are genius because they further emphasize that the song is swung. The kick and snare hits coincide with the piano chords also, so on top of the chord changes it further emphasizes that the piano is in 3/4 a lot of the time, making it harder to keep the song straight in your head as 4/4.

[@phildart9646]

Really excellent video. So much of KZbin is quickly put together rubbish, this was so well put together. You obviously really put a huge amount of work into these. Thanks!

[@MichaelStephenFreitag]

This is an amazing breakdown of an amazing song! I'd always intuited this rhythm, but never had a proper explanation for it, so thank you for laying out so clearly. Definitely earned a new subscriber!

[@Manu2Banjo]

Great, great job ! I am impressed with your ability to make the complexity of this rythme pattern so clearly understable. Clap your hands, people !

[@justdev8965]

But clap in swung quavers though!

[@tobyaustin5778]

You have explained this unbelievably well. Well done and thanks! Wonderful stuff.

[@californialove964]

I've just come across your videos, and I want to thank you for turning pyramid song from one of my favorite beautiful confusing songs into one of my favorite songs that's just beautiful.

[@DanThomasUK]

Great video, thanks David. Love how the swung meter pulls it altogether!

[@alvarolazcano3806]

I saw many videos about this topic and yours is the best so far. Thanks man. 🙏🏽

[@TheDreamingJune]

Wow, this was excellent! I've always loved the strange rhythm pattern to Pyramid Song and wanted to know more about the time signature. You explained it really well. I knew about the Mingus influence but had forgotten which song Thom had said was the one which inspired him when writing this tune. Thanks for mentioning that. I hope you could do one on the song 'The Butcher' as that has a strange time signature IMO and would love to hear you talk about it.

[@francocalvanochiesa909]

Thanks, this beautiful and mysterious song was aching me with structural curiosity from a while now. Keep it up!

[@sgouropan302]

i was waiting for this explanation. Simply great

[@alanleclair1]

After all these years my question is finally answered! Thank you for this enlightening video!!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

😊😊

[@Ye4rZero]

I don't know how good of a musician you are but I know you have a natural gift for teaching. I suspect for both tho :)

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you! 😀

[@TeddyB3ARGaming]

Such a brilliant band

[@ourtinywindows]

One of the best videos I’ve ever watched on KZbin.

[@Neollanna]

Thank you so much for this video! I've been thinking about rhythm of pyramid song such a long time. It was like a mystery for me!

[@monsieurmitosis]

Great breakdown and analysis. I had enormous problems figuring out the rhythm, meter and chords. I eventually got there on my own and impressed all my friends. My personal weak point when it comes to reading and writing music is the rhythm aspect. Not sure why. Anyway, the way I play and count it is not perfect, but it gets me there: I simply count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *pause* ...Repeat... The only exception to this is the beginning of the song, which counts 1, 2, 3 before a pause. The “pause” for me is felt instead of counted, which works well enough because I know the song. Any other way of approaching it is just too confusing for my brain.

[@basilblasa9922]

aweee can i just say how much i love your accent. the way you say rythem and everything else just makes ur videos so much better. anyway, keep up on the great work 😊

[@MaggaraMarine]

Great video. One point I would like to add is that what makes the rhythm difficult to figure out at first (at least to me) is also the fact that it starts with dotted quarter notes, which tricks you to hear that as the pulse, and at first I though the rhythm was something like 2 quarter notes, a random longer note, 4 quarter notes, a random longer note, etc. and finding the first beat of the pattern was really difficult because of the seemingly random placement of the chords. But when the drums come in, the pattern becomes clear.

[@NeilWheatley]

I don't comment on videos often but this was great. You're brilliant at explaining this stuff, keep it up :D

[@DavidBennettPiano]

thank you!

[@paulbright5061]

Excellent video. Thank you. Two tracks that come to mind when it comes to time signatures and tempo changes are Family Galaxy by Tim Exile and Brain Dance by Animals as Leaders. The latter, I'm told is mostly in 4/4 but it doesn't sound like it. The non technical term for us non musicians is "all over the place but still works" There is some black art going on.

[@pointsequalspremium8379]

Fabulously informative. Thank you Sir!

[@JayForeman]

Any thoughts on Decent Days and Nights by Futureheads?

[@DavidBennettPiano]

When I saw the name Futureheads, I wasn't expecting such a metrically interesting song! They're using what I call the "3/4 trick". The intro ends with one bar of 3/4 instead of 4/4, creating a 'skipping beat' effect. The same thing happens at the end of the chorus where we suddenly get two bars of 3/4. There is plenty more sudden jumps to 3/4 in the second verse. Later for the bridge it actually fully shifts to 3/4 for a while before jumping back to 4/4. That riff in the intro is also really cool - the very first time we hear it it starts on the downbeat, but then subsequently it starts on the 2& of the bar instead which is really disorientating! Great suggestion Jay! I might include it in a new video I'm doing soon on the "3/4 trick". I'm a big fan of your channel by the way, nice to hear from you 😊

[@joeyhardin5903]

any thoughts on the map i have on my bedroom wall its huge

[@niccy266]

Of all places to find jay foreman!

[@joesepulveda1595]

I haven’t even watched any of your videos yet I just saw Radiohead and was interested immediately

[@dell2693]

Awesome work, I've always asked my more musical theory based people to tell me the time signature to no avail! you've solved a good pub quiz riddle. Cheers

[@Coleanhydros]

Every time i ask KZbin for a breakdown on a song, your face pops up. Good job mate, i like your work

[@sounddesignerinc.1770]

Love your music theory class! Happy Thanksgiving from Chicago

[@danielmanicolo6794]

Awesome video again, David. You’re the best thing on KZbin!

[@BandanaDrummer95]

Also, if the bossa nova influence is intentional, then that rhythm is traditionally written in 4/4. Even if there is no conscious intention for drawing from a bossa nova, it has a greater feel for the 4/4 with the bass drum and hi-hat.

[@heuxheux]

Oh boy this Channel is a good addition to my collection of amazing music channels

[@michaelcolgan3383]

Amazing job with the visuals!!!

[@jakoberiksen2944]

Awesome video :) thank you very much. I’m not too technical but felt I got it when you made that swing metronome example, aah. Also very nice with some history behind it. Cheers

[@theboogie_monsta]

Don't have anything clever to say. This is great mate, thanks. Helpful for digital music producers who work visually too.

[@ryanstark2350]

This is great analysis. The trick is really the chord placements because that subverts you expectations.

[@bloubibouga9461]

love your videos man, high quality content !

[@johnkim1043]

Wonderful analysis…and presentation. I learned a LOT!

[@officialpierluk]

seems like thom yorke found a way to put those claps later cos they remind me a lot of We suck young blood

[@Hellstrike]

My thoughts exactly.

[@jorgepeterbarton]

National Anthem= Moanin' horn section

[@videovalhalla.jasoncox]

I always appreciate and enjoy the brilliant insight you share. Thumbs ups!

[@jstdrv]

Excellent job! Wondered about this for years

[@paulmorphy6187]

What a simply brilliant video...thankyou

[@brownsuitcase]

hey man, you have made an amazing channel!! this is my favourite Radiohead analysis vid ever. well done!! What about a video on the analysis of True love waits on A moon shaped pool? Maybe talk about what is going on in the piano / syncopation / Euclidean rhythms. lots of people would be interested . Cheers, Andrew, Leicestershire

[@davekatz3679]

I'm so pleased that you made this video - i'm a massive radiohead fan, and have no idea about musical theory, and i've learnt so much just from this video :)

[@NemoBmo]

I LOVE RADIOHEAD'S MUSIC OH MY

[@dennisscelza1068]

The analysis is MF on point here. Bravo. This is the absolute perfect example of your analysis skill level. I've always understood this just by listening to it and playing it on an acoustic guitar , but I didn't ascertain why I actually understood it until now. There is something so appealing in the swing of this song it adds this listless, lost sad quality within an organized (4:4) presentation..... Just like the frailty of someone trying to exist In any kind of standard form . This is part of why I love the song, it's also part of why I love this video because you're able to describe it so well. Somehow you sift through all this deep emotion, and can succinctly tell me why it is How it is, how it would sound the other traditional way, or sometimes even in your videos you'll show what a natural resolution would be even when it's not how the song goes.... it really makes it easy to understand to hear it and see it And of course the history direct from the artist mouth is always such a nice addition in this video and others. Two of my favorite features are the history you put in and what it would sound like some other way that's more traditional or less traditional (Roberta flack for example). So much respect ! Your videos always get my mind working double time!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you so much!

[@dennisscelza1068]

@@DavidBennettPiano thank you, I can't think of a more engaging channel in my feed and I'm so glad I've tuned in

[@scartissue121]

Thankyou for another great video

[@reversefulfillment9189]

I love the way you present these things.

[@SeanFarFlung]

Loved this. Would love to see more musical analysis from you in the future. Subscribed

[@Aeneas-aojb]

The swung quavers explanation really helped me feel the rhythm haha thanks man

[@ffggddss]

When you explain how it could have been written over cyclically changing 3/8 and 4/8 time signatures, which correspond to the earlier breakdown you showed, grouping the (half) beats as 3+3+4+3+3 = 16, it occurred to me, why not just write the whole thing in 8/4? That would be truer than pairs of 4/4 to the repetition of that pattern, while still avoiding constantly changing time signatures. I play piano, and I was also reminded by this video, of some sheet music I have of Norwegian folk songs/carols, that I got from my mother, who sang in a choir back in the 50's. This is really obscure, but it's an 8-page booklet with six carols scored for 4 voices (making them ideally suited for solo piano). When I first went through them years ago, the 3rd one really caught my ear. It has a most intriguing and unusual structure. It's written with a mix of 3/2 and 2/2 measures, in no particular pattern; in fact, rather than 'tag' each t.sig. change in the score, there is just a pair of t.s.'s at the beginning. (I've seen this done on other sheet music where there are frequent time signature changes throughout a piece.) The song has 3 "parts," each of which is repeated - AABBCC - and they are different lengths. As written, A is 2+3+3+2+2+2+2 (= 16); B is 2+2+2+2 (= 8) the first time; 2+2+3+2 (= 10) the 2nd time; C is 2+3+2+3+2+2+2 (= 16). Total -measure- beat (½-notes) count = 82. To me, it shares with _Pyramid Song,_ the delicious ambiguity of where the downbeats belong, when listened to. And it's quite a beautiful tune! It's in C minor and sounds very Nordic. For whatever it may be worth, the song title is _Sjung, hjerte, sjung en aftensang,_ and the booklet is titled, "RELIGIØSE FOLKETONAR," published in Bergen, Norway; ©1958 by Tonika. Fred

[@justdev8965]

What?

[@lolobuggah2670]

Great video. Thank you!

[@BionicHorseBeats]

Love your channel bro

[@hrovat97]

Thanks man, great video explaining this. I really don't know that much music theory, only just learnt how to measure time signatures, but you made it really clear how it works in Pyramid Song that even I could understand. Also as other people are saying, great production value for just over 5k subs, definitely gonna be more soon with this level of quality!

[@redskylullaby]

Interesting that its 4/4 and the rhythmic stuff underlying. Great explanation

[@dublinwolves5099]

Really great explaination...well done young lad

[@kaii8985]

Slowed down bossa nova in an alternative (?) song; I like that. I also like how you used Água de Beber as your example.

[@musicbydavidyoungs]

Top video, thanks. I pride myself on my ability to decode most bonkers time signatures out there but completely overlooked this as a sneaky 4/4.. excellent.

[@amdnable]

great video! *Clapping in swung quaver*

[@justdev8965]

LMAO suuuure

[@andyking7621]

Thanks for that, I thoroughly enjoyed it. keep up the good work

[@vramiro87]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Your videos are great.

[@monoscopes]

This is just brilliant. Great job sir.

[@hankwicklund2182]

“Pyramid Song is in 4/4?” Radiohead: “Well, yes, but actually no.”

[@coconejococonejo]

What an overused bad joke

[@rienvandijk2288]

Thanks a lot, I have been wondering since 2001 how they did it. You make it very clear!

[@okcomputera9647]

I play in a band and we cover Pyramid Song. We do it in flamenco style. (Those chords sound so Spanish if you speed it up.) One of the toughest damn songs to keep together! Every time we play it in front of people, it’s shear terror that it’s going to fall apart. We can only do it if we all feel it together in 4/4. If any of us get distracted by the phrasing, it’s done for!

[@sadlymusic]

It is only a pathetic song "released" by who would appear extraordinary out by conventional expressive rhythmic style... Instead it is a typical way to conceal own creative inability... This band is typical doing it ! Pathetic the piano out rhytmic, written scores out std, out musical accent... all by free style.. Would it have been at least rumba...

[@sadlymusic]

This is as for Picasso paints... If you put his paining hag at the contrary up/dow it is the same nonsense.. Likewise, of you play this in a different time, of even your disk player jump, or turn asynchronous, it is the same... always weird remaines !

[@e.o.r2397]

Fella are you having a mental break down what are you trying to say

[@GlitchWolf]

The snare placements on this song is bliss for me. Gets me every time.

[@biggestfanofroger]

In groups of eights: 3 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 Note that a pyramid's outer surface consists of four triangles and one square

[@jedtulman46]

Yes you are correct here

[@NotPeteMcCabe]

Thank you! I finally feel like I understand this song's rhythm.

[@samjhylton]

Hi David! I would love a break down of “Daydreaming” - Harmonic, Motivic, Rhythmic analysis :)

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Amazing song! Maybe I should! I’m planning on learning it in full for my next livestream 🙂

[@jaccher8469]

Yes please! Daydreaming is a masterpiece

[@KennDrumm]

Years I’ve been trying to figure this out! Brilliant video, thank you

[@telecaster9988]

Dude,this video is so awesome!! Would you make a video of analyzing the hand claps on Lotus Flower??

[@almo2001]

What about 15-Step? :D

[@urmumsbaps]

@@almo2001 15 step is in 5/4 - there you go no video needed ;)

[@sayurikitamura7109]

Oh God I just love how you explain it!

[@michavandam]

Another Perfect video!

[@YannGuillermou]

It's fun that you didn't mention that the chord sequence doesn't change when the obvious 4/4 beat comes in, to me the 4/4, besides being the simplest notation, is also what gives the beatless sequence a meaning. It is so satisfying to focus on a 4/4 metronome when there's only the piano! :) Thanks for making that video, fantastic song, great vid!

[@jamesdominguez7685]

My favourite Radiohead song. I love how the loose, dreamy intro resolves into a straight rhythm without losing any of its ethereal beauty. Incidentally, they did the Mingus claps one album later in We Suck Young Blood. That gives that song a weirdly cult-ish feel, like slowed-down Christian revivalist music.

[@JohnSmith-qx8ll]

Christianity is not a cult. I think an eyes wide shut style , Masonic secret party is more accurate.

[@OBM21]

This is a great video that helped me understand the song's rhythmic structure sooo much better. The biggest complication for me is that we get two minutes of no drums so all of those piano dotted quarter notes start to sound like and establish those as the "pulse" and like they're the actual quarter notes. Great vid 👍!

[@paullegloan1502]

Subbed. Amazing job.

[@senoreverything6366]

Dude I love your channel why aren't you huge

[@DavidBennettPiano]

thanks!

[@vanilla_milkshake]

That Mingus song kind of reminds me of "We suck young blood"

[@faboolean7039]

Its just the claps

[@mikestibor1]

I'm pretty sure I remember reading that We suck young blood was influenced by Freedom too.

[@reactions5783]

@ Vanilla Milkshake .. yeah, I can hear that.

[@tyler-om7ix]

@@faboolean7039 It's not just the claps--Freedom also influenced the rhythmic shifts between the funeral dirge verses of We Suck Young Blood and the cacophonous musical interludes, back into the much slower verses. They didn't just ape the claps from Freedom, but the dynamics.

[@HarrisLorenzo]

Really good video, it's really interesting the inspiration from Freedom by Mingus. Love both pieces.