I can’t wait for this video to get to 5.4 million views!! 😂🫨
@TheJopeToons3 жыл бұрын
Nyt ois sitä videota
@bernardthedisappointedowl69383 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your original music, ^oo^
@marioeagle933 жыл бұрын
Why not sponsoring Chord VPN? 🤔
@DavidBennettPiano3 жыл бұрын
Mario Battaglia I wish!
@stevenaustin45913 жыл бұрын
question - would you be up for doing a vid taking a look into the odd time signatures of musicians like Steve Vai or John Petrucci?
@Makkuvideos3 жыл бұрын
the mission impossible theme being based in morse code for MI blows my mind.
@sourisvoleur48543 жыл бұрын
The intro to Alan Parsons Project's "Eve" is based on the Morse code for, well, "EVE".
@GRAHAMAUS3 жыл бұрын
And the theme tune to the TV series "Morse" also taps out M-O-R-S-E in morse...
@mnguyen3133 жыл бұрын
Rush's "YYZ" 5/4 rhythm in the intro is morse as well. -.-- -.-- --..
@tronlady13 жыл бұрын
Me too 🤯
@ronconner97043 жыл бұрын
“Everything’s All Right” from Jesus Christ Superstar. Great 5/4 tune.
@d.d.91923 жыл бұрын
5/4 Time: exists Gorillaz: lets call a song "5/4"
@alleycatdevil3 жыл бұрын
6/8 time: exists Blink 182: 6/8
@marcotorres79413 жыл бұрын
sunny day real estate did this too
@erinlee53363 жыл бұрын
Minute Waltz by Chopin? Did you mean 60 second 3/4 by Chopin. (*edited)
@mollysandera9913 жыл бұрын
7/8 time: exists Yuyoyuppe: "7/8"
@seans7583 жыл бұрын
yuri on ice: “3+2” & “5+7”
@ChronoMune Жыл бұрын
Wow the morse code for the MI theme is one of the coolest things ever. Love when people look for and use depth from places most people wouldn’t think of.
@SynthApprentice Жыл бұрын
The rhythm to YYZ, by Rush, is Morse code for "YYZ", which is the sign for Toronto Airport. That's another one in 5/4, too!
@Dracopol Жыл бұрын
In Morse Code, a dash takes the time of 3 dots. So the rhythm of M I would actually work out to 8/8.
@Netaction Жыл бұрын
Yeah but it's wrong. Even if the 50% loger notes were long enough to become dashes. Long Long Short Short is a Z, not MI.
@gaborkerenyi49708 ай бұрын
The coolest Morse code ever in music is hidden into Mike Oldfield's Amarok, when he sends a message to Richard Branson referring to a four-letter-word
@panosmosproductions3230 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the Hyrule Castle theme from The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild is mainly in 5/4, but with occasional bars of 6/4. The exterior version is written like a march, and the sound bites you hear when there are enemies nearby in the interior version are also march based. All that put together = You’re in enemy territory, and the enemies know it.
@lux5164 Жыл бұрын
i would actually call it 10/8 instead of 5/4
@panosmosproductions3230 Жыл бұрын
There are clearly 5 equally spaced strong beats per measure. 10/8 could have any number of strong and weak beats at any spacing.
@ivoryas16963 ай бұрын
@@panosmosproductions3230 Hmmm. _Intense._
@thomasflores78173 жыл бұрын
The mission impossible theme just became twice as cool
@willk71843 жыл бұрын
So ... 10/8 then?
@or94223 жыл бұрын
@@willk7184 if you wanted it to be twice as much, it would be 10/4
@terrymiller1113 жыл бұрын
@@willk7184 ICWUDT
@TheRealDrJoey3 жыл бұрын
I knew the guy who played flute with Lalo's band on that.
@thomasflores78173 жыл бұрын
You guys are too much
@vacuousversifer903 жыл бұрын
Me not being able to actually hear the difference: Interesting
@schievel60473 жыл бұрын
At least I not the only one 😋
@hipnofago21023 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to understand how it modifies the music (besides the “beats”), how it works, how do it.
@jg1946ify3 жыл бұрын
count rhythmically up to four over and over again until you get the feel of the beat. Do the same counting up to 5 and you will feel the difference.
@HerbalPlanet4943 жыл бұрын
I've been playing drums for around 4 years and I keep not bothering with looking at time signature so when I play it it always sounds just mildly off I never knew that this is most likely why
@raynatumbeva7803 жыл бұрын
Good luck if you ever visit Bulgaria. 11/8 and 13/8 are waiting for you.
@Beff_Juckley7 ай бұрын
Love these videos! Paul Simon has a song called "How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns" and I think the verse is either 5/4 or 5/8 with some mixed bars, before it switches to 3/4! Would you be able to do a future analysis on that song?
@ben59474 ай бұрын
I have a story to tell: I stumbled across this video a few years ago. It was at the height of the pandemic and I was trying to discover new music. When you got the part about From Eden, I immediately stopped in my tracks because I was completely taken by the lyrics of the song. It led me towards Hozier and there has been no looking back since. I am an avid fan now and have been to two of his concerts. And for that, I have you to thank, David!! Thank you for leading me to him. KZbin suggested the video to me today and that brought this back to mind.
@izzytodd42424 ай бұрын
Hozier is so great, unfortunately, listening to him makes me sad these days, because I became a big fan of him back in 2020, and that’s when I fell in love with someone, so I associate a lot of his music now with my ex, who passed away a few months ago.
@UhOhItsDorian3 жыл бұрын
“Here’s Take Five as a typical waltz” You did it. You took the five
@arevee14413 жыл бұрын
I love this comment lol
@danilocoutinho80843 жыл бұрын
technically he added the six tho
@Miss_Camel3 жыл бұрын
I just snorted. lol
@Kaloffee3 жыл бұрын
Highly underrated comment
@danielvanginkel70813 жыл бұрын
@@danilocoutinho8084 Exactly! King Tubby made a 4/4 version of Take Five, which is more like taking the 5 than adding a sixth
@kamcha96813 жыл бұрын
I figured out Gorillaz "5/4" on my own after listening in the school bus 5 years ago. Such an epiphany at the time X)
@Smoove_J3 жыл бұрын
Great pic. King Crimson probably wrote a few 5/4 songs.
@jeffjackson58502 жыл бұрын
I listen to gorillaz on the school bus too
@manonmrx27412 жыл бұрын
@@jeffjackson5850 k
@StealthKey2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffjackson5850 i did as well. just looked at my spotify wrap up thing and this year it said i was the top 0.1 percent of gorillaz listeners lmao
@saltysunflowersugar78262 жыл бұрын
@@Smoove_J as someone else in the comment section pointed out, they have written a song in 5/4, it's called Discipline
@dingobabies9824 Жыл бұрын
You make music theory actually make sense. As a drummer for 15+ years, this video has opened my eyes on the difference between 5/4 and 5/8. Thank you for this!
@leebarbs7176 Жыл бұрын
Bass player here binging his videos lol best theory explanations I've come across
@tfg6013 ай бұрын
15+ years wow
@Limbynn7 ай бұрын
It's 5.4 million views! Do not watch this video anymore!
@toottoot27563 ай бұрын
Too late! Now we must go for 54 million!
@JJ_TheGreat2 ай бұрын
@@toottoot2756Great Idea! That should be the goal 😀
@redmadness2652 ай бұрын
It's not too late! It has 5.8 million views. NOW don't watch this video any more!
@anusha80852 ай бұрын
Now we must aim for 10.8M
@Elena-qt4ihАй бұрын
Don't worry, it's 5.8 now
@e2b2653 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: These are also called “songs that don’t go with Megalovania.”
@hiimemily3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, if you're a coward. I'm sure there's a way to add an extra beat to it.
@sheracovington58773 жыл бұрын
@@hiimemily you can put any song into any time it just takes a little more work
@sheracovington58773 жыл бұрын
Sorry I mean like some beats are stretch and others aren’t if that makes sense
@nallash9053 жыл бұрын
But there are no such so-
@RoxNoAnne3 жыл бұрын
@@hiimemily what about polymetric songs
@ipsurvivor3 жыл бұрын
“Take Five” is the King of 5/4.
@newmancl03 жыл бұрын
gotta disagree. Isengard takes the cake. Take Five can have 2nd place :)
@davidfonseca25253 жыл бұрын
i can't help it but feel hear it like a bar of 3 and a bar of 2
@ipsurvivor3 жыл бұрын
@@newmancl0 😻 in music everyone choose their own royalty.
@abraxas5463 жыл бұрын
dada dada da da
@coloripple3 жыл бұрын
Do you know Panzerbalett's Take Five? It's a rythmically insane polymetric progmetal version that's in 5/4 and 4/4 simultaneously in the most fascinating way!
@Centrifuze Жыл бұрын
I'm not a trained nor long-practiced drummer by any stretch of the imagination. But the fact that Dom from Muse can play his crash cymbal in 2/4 while playing the rest of his kit in 5/4 is absolutely astounding to me, and I will argue from my extremely amateur perch that it makes him an insanely talented drummer.
@mattd6085 Жыл бұрын
Watch the drum view of "Clockworks" by Meshuggah, Tomas Haake plays a different time signature per limb at some points
@karhart6663 Жыл бұрын
I love Dom.
@danieldifranco3856 Жыл бұрын
Carter Beauford from Dave Matthews Band does similar things. It makes my brain hurt.
@dreadlordhg3609 ай бұрын
You're objectively right
@StingrayMk12 ай бұрын
Check The Art Of Dying by Gojira. Or Fear Innoculum by Tool.
@CrowClouds Жыл бұрын
REALLY appreciate how no-nonsense your style is. You don't make it about you or your channel, you just make the high quality video. This is almost unheard of on KZbin. Thank you
@DavidBennettPiano Жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊
@mango25383 жыл бұрын
Being a high school orchestra nerd this blew my mind. They don’t teach me this stuff.
@yoursleepparalysisdemon82163 жыл бұрын
I know right? I'm drunk off my ass wishing music theory was this good
@mommat09123 жыл бұрын
I think the term youre looking for is "orc dork"
@squeenixu3 жыл бұрын
I honestly really like 5/4, even made a song in it, but my music is bad sooo uhhh
@Anna-pj8te3 жыл бұрын
@Dio Brando It’s weird at first, but you quickly get used to it.
@riel84283 жыл бұрын
We played a song in band with a 5/4 section before. Its not that hard it just feels wrong to play. It was an Incredibles medley.
@LavvieLuver3 жыл бұрын
I don’t now why this was on my recommended and why my adhd let me actually finish this video before getting distracted but I feel as if I have leveled up in a skill I will never use
@dadsalad66803 жыл бұрын
reading this has made me ever more inclined to believe my ADHD experiences are not unique and in fact universally experienced
@KalilIllinois3 жыл бұрын
@@dadsalad6680 maybe the repetitive pattern repeated through the entire video (under the guise of different songs) heightens your concentration
@dadsalad66803 жыл бұрын
@@KalilIllinois many point were made here!
@99query3 жыл бұрын
thats it
@madieatsbees34343 жыл бұрын
Same- and I didn't have to rewind certain parts multiple times from zoning out
@baguettegott3409 Жыл бұрын
Another cool 5/4 example is the Isengard theme in LOTR. It groups the beats into a 1-2 1-2-3 pattern and sounds really heavy and industrial, but at the same time "off kilter" like you described it here.
@FairyCRat5 ай бұрын
I love how Take Five is such a classic that hearing it arranged in a more common time signature feels so cursed
@brynnjohnson23162 жыл бұрын
I'm a dancer and last year I choreographed a piece to From Eden - I could not for the life of me figure out why I couldn't count the beats as normal and why I kept getting thrown off (most dance pieces are counted in eights). It being in 5/4 makes so much more sense.
@bhafferty51842 жыл бұрын
same
@connergalles71062 жыл бұрын
Eden zero?
@sonictheflexhog60752 жыл бұрын
The reason we as dancers use an 8 count is because it’s easier to structure choreography with an 8 count. Although we count in 8’s, we are still using quarter notes, so the best way to think about it is that dancers take two regular 4 note measures and simply smash them together. If you count 1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&, you are not only counting the actual notes themselves, but also the void in between each note, doubling the number of counts to 16, but it’s always still the same, 4/4. Also, it’s extremely easy to count 5/4 in “dance time”, if you want to stick with an 8 count, you’d stuff an “and” in there. 1, 2, 3&4, 5, 6, 7&8. You’ve now just made 10 counts, but still ended at 8, to be restarted again. Or you know, you could just count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. But I understand how that can throw some folks off. Sincerely, a dancer for 10+ years, and band geek from way back.
@zacharywong53012 жыл бұрын
Extremely for my practical dance test coming up! We were supposed to dance to whatever we wanted and so coincidentally we chose Eden, We could not for the life of us figure out why it was impossible to stay in time with the music. Thank you very much for this comment!
@peeperzinthehouse2 жыл бұрын
@@connergalles7106 From Eden, the song in this video.
@hollycasserly28753 жыл бұрын
5/4 traumatized me as a 16 year old in marching band playing Mars. years later, I am now slightly less scared
@andyharman30223 жыл бұрын
You actually marched to an odd time signature? In four years of marching band in high school, I never had to do that. Was your band director a sadist or something?
@hollycasserly28753 жыл бұрын
@@andyharman3022 to be fair, i have two left feet and was in pit. RIP everyone else tho
@Smoove_J3 жыл бұрын
I still have nightmares about marching to a 13/8 song in high school. Our director got a little bit ambitious that year.
@johndododoe14113 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the similar Star Wars "Imperial March" is also in 5/4
@AndrewAMartin3 жыл бұрын
@@johndododoe1411 No, John Williams isn't that adventurous... His motifs are meant to appeal as broadly as possible, so an odd meter would be a no-no...
@melonwee6450 Жыл бұрын
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.6 second movement also uses the 5/4 mark, and I love how he interpreted it into a jolly old dance
@specodhec341 Жыл бұрын
My dad (who was a conductor) always said it's Tchaikovsky's thing to write dances in different time signatures than they are originally written. Just like in Violin concerto we have Polonaise on 4/4, this movement you mentioned is a Waltz on 5/4
@benjaminpark54602 жыл бұрын
I already feel out of my depth. I can barely read music from my piano background as a child but holy hell is this complicated! Good on anyone who can create art through the musical medium. Truly a benefit of society
@-AAA-1473 жыл бұрын
I swear 5/4 by Gorillaz confused me in it's rhythm for the longest time. I never would've guessed it was as simple as that lmao
@DavidBennettPiano3 жыл бұрын
5 against 4 polymeters always take a bit of processing so I wouldn’t feel bad!
@Batman-zk1jt3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@mammoneymelon Жыл бұрын
i could understand how it was in 5/4 time but there was also something slightly off. seeing the drums as being in 4/4 has been an epiphany
@-AAA-1479 ай бұрын
@IonRuby been, one week since you looked at me
@GroinStrain_3 жыл бұрын
Mission Impossible’s theme deriving from M.I. in morse code has blown my mind. I’m using that in future quizzes
@stephendevore3 жыл бұрын
Be nice!
@Endrju3333 жыл бұрын
Check out YYZ by Rush in that case - the rhythm in that one is also taken from the morse code (-.-- --.- --..). To make it more funny, it also ends up in 5/4, though in completely different pattern :)
@antoniong14493 жыл бұрын
. . . __ is the letter V The incredible coincidence is that it is the "fate motif" of Beethoven 5th Symphony (5th is V in Roman numbers)
@DaneInTheUS3 жыл бұрын
Same here!!
@johnbarbuto53872 жыл бұрын
Not only is the information and the commentary great but having so many examples adds a great deal to these videos. I totally wish I had material like this when I was a kid.
@DavidBennettPiano2 жыл бұрын
Thanks John 😀😀
@captmcneil8 ай бұрын
Folklore and Evermore are such great albums, shows what she can do if it's not all about hit singles.
@stebolavirus3 жыл бұрын
Mission Impossible theme song being dash, dash (M) + dot, dot (I) = Mind bloooown!
@kellydalstok89003 жыл бұрын
Similarly the Inspector Morse tune has the violins play the Morse code for the name Morse.
@michaeleaster18153 жыл бұрын
Me too! Btw, Rush's YYZ is based on the Morse code for the airport code for Pearson in Toronto (YYZ).
@efmusic043 жыл бұрын
It's called the 5/4 clave
@crieverytim3 жыл бұрын
brilliant move
@MikeB-rr5hh3 жыл бұрын
The piccolos in the theme to the British TV series "Some Mothers do 'ave 'em" spell out the title of the show in Morse (minus the apostrophes)
@mexa_t65343 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate you using modern, popular music examples. SO many musicians scoff at it, not realizing a lot of the times there's real study and merit behind those songs too.
@veronicalane14583 жыл бұрын
Whilst Ignoring many other genres, that have odd time signatures; including Jazz, Modern Jazz, Rock, Progressive Rock, Classic Rock. etc.
@nut31732 жыл бұрын
bad
@lasseheller98632 жыл бұрын
@@veronicalane1458 of course, but the Video has much more impact on people if they actually know the songs. And it's not like rock is never talked about on this channel...
@Whatismusic1232 жыл бұрын
Sure there is, they are still worse examples though.
@douchebagvampire12832 жыл бұрын
@@veronicalane1458 take five is jazz tho...
@dbackscott Жыл бұрын
I’ve absolutely loved “Take Five” ever since the first time I heard it about thirty years ago. However, I didn’t realize it was in 5/4 time signature until fairly recently. It just flows so smoothly that my brain wasn’t even hearing the beats, I guess.
@dylannnnnnnnn10 ай бұрын
me toooo
@steven67096 ай бұрын
It went over my head that "Five" referred to 5/4 time. Guess the title was a musician joke.
@noahsan922 жыл бұрын
2:45 i've always found it easier to imagine it like this: a dotted note means that you add the next smallest note to its duration. for instance, a dotted 8th note becomes 1/8 + 1/16, or 3 sixteenth notes. i hope this helps some people!
@The_Jazziest_Coffee Жыл бұрын
yep, it's practically the same thing, but converted in a different way.
@MKDumas1981 Жыл бұрын
I've always said add half of the note's value, but that works, too.
@mastod0n12 жыл бұрын
5/4 can sound surprisingly natural. My buddies and I were jamming one day and the guitar player busted out a really cool sounding riff that felt so smooth. Was quite a fun song.
@BREAKocean2 жыл бұрын
what kind of music you and your laddies be playing?
@Zesteas2 жыл бұрын
@@BREAKocean penis music
@rayres10742 жыл бұрын
When you're good, anything can sound natural... Or alien. Genesis and Messhugah are excellent respective examples.
@kenton6098 Жыл бұрын
Thank god he avoided the 5/4 time signature that time.
@Myrtone Жыл бұрын
Note that 5 *is* a regular number, being a factor of 60. Could that be why even 5/4 can sound that natural?
@danielmakesmusic.youtube3 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, Taylor Swift's evermore has TWO songs in 5/4 - "tolerate it" and "closure", which have very different sentiments but both have melodies that, like you said, skate over the uneven meter!
@torstenatterberg57883 жыл бұрын
When I saw her in the thumbnail, I thought for sure that it was closure he was going to talk about. Because I actually knew that was in 5/4, unlike tolerate it (probably bc I've listened to closure a lot more)
@GrandisSilva3 жыл бұрын
He showed the 5/4 for Tolerate It as 5 pairs of quavers, but wouldn't it work better as 6/8 + 2/4? As in, 2 groups of 3 quavers then 2 pairs. I feel like that would match the piano rhythm better.
@carltonwillingham3 жыл бұрын
when i heard all of the other examples i kept singing closure but i thought i was wrong
@Wind-nj5xz3 жыл бұрын
@@GrandisSilva It does, but most musicians would prefer to conceptualize that in 10/8 because it is easier to read than constantly alternating time signatures, wich would be unecessary because 10/8 already matches the piano rythm and in that case would be easier to read than 5/4
@GrandisSilva3 жыл бұрын
Metalfan 458 My meaning was, 10/8 comprised of 3+3+2+2. That's what it feels like to me. The first 2 beats are compound. 5/4 would be just simple time, equal beats, which isn't how I perceive it. The notation shown of those 4 dotted quavers is just awful.
@georgehill59192 жыл бұрын
JethroTull's "Living in the Past" was my introduction to 5/4 as a kid and is totally soothing, not jarring.
@RickTransit Жыл бұрын
Yes! Living In The Past shows how 5/4 can have a natural-sounding and cool lilt to it. A lovely recent example is The Florentine by Big Big Train - when it hits the 5/4 section it just grooves along.
@masterchiefburgess Жыл бұрын
Living in the Past was my second (Dave Brubeck's Take 5 being the first)
@bobbyhilda58803 ай бұрын
Same for me😊
@xxxEleanorxxx7 ай бұрын
This vid is on 5.4 million views rn. You did it man
@DavidBennettPiano7 ай бұрын
😊😊😊😊😊
@KeysofIDproductions3 жыл бұрын
I can finally add a name to the song previously known as "that one saxophone song you hear all the time yet you don't know what it's called."
@massimookissed10233 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, _Baker Street._
@eye_man3 жыл бұрын
@@massimookissed1023 lol
@lenaeospeixinhos3 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@scottdenby2903 жыл бұрын
@@massimookissed1023 I once texted my mother to ask what that sax song was that goes, "Do do do, dododoooo" and she knew it was Baker Street immediately
@Birdlegs143 жыл бұрын
As someone who knows absolutely nothing about music idk why I’m entertained from this video I have no idea what’s going on😂
@h.j.mility23333 жыл бұрын
I feel you 🤣🤣🤣
@agtac763 жыл бұрын
You're not the only one. :)
@sand-in-the-timepiece98363 жыл бұрын
Okay, glad to know I'm not alone XD
@im85913 жыл бұрын
Same😂 just a random question, but how old are you guys?(I want to know if my age is the average age category watching these videos)
@whytho74753 жыл бұрын
@@im8591 I’m 17
@Cleisthenes2 Жыл бұрын
"wonky waltz" is a great phrase
@dgbjackgibson11 ай бұрын
Ahh I was hoping you’d mention Living In The Past by Jethro Tull! The bass is brilliant in that song and the flute interludes are part of what made me love flute in rock music 😊
@Tubes12AX7k9 ай бұрын
Living in the Past is probably the best song in 5/4 !!
@CrimsonKarl8 ай бұрын
Absolutely! First song I thought of when I clicked the video and surprised it wasn't in there because I thought it was obvious.. along with 'Take Five' which is mentioned of course
@bobbyhilda58803 ай бұрын
I love that song (and band)!!
@marioeagle933 жыл бұрын
I never actually noticed Mission Impossibile theme is in 5/4! Almost all these songs feel so natural!
@petervanderwaart11383 жыл бұрын
Using 5/4 keeps it from being a march.
@babayaga17673 жыл бұрын
U2 started in 5/4 then switched to 4/4
@marioeagle933 жыл бұрын
@E. O. And the main reason why is they add more tension. But again it felt so "normal"
@spaceowl59573 жыл бұрын
I feel like it’s super common in movie soundtracks
@BumroyV23 жыл бұрын
"Played by a drum machine." Well, that's not a nice thing to call Phil Selway.
@wjtowers3 жыл бұрын
Actually I’d find that a compliment
@doctormojo3 жыл бұрын
@@wjtowers Someone once asked Steve Cropper if he'd ever played with a drum machine, and he said, 'Yeah, Al Jackson'.
@ieuanphillips49633 жыл бұрын
Phil selway is a good drum machine and CR78 is a great drummer
@crieverytim3 жыл бұрын
isn't it though?
@cristianconstantinescu72643 жыл бұрын
@@ieuanphillips4963 who knows his stuff knows his stuff no? Yorke needed 2 drummers to play his home made drum machine tracks.
@DawnDavidson11 ай бұрын
Thank you for explaining the MI theme. It makes so much sense now! I don’t think I ever knew that was in 5. I didn’t realize Sting’s 7 days either, though I think I knew that at one point, from a long ago convo in a hot tub with a musical friend where we talked time signatures. Pretty sure he mentioned that one and I just forgot! And of course I’ve always loved Take 5 since my jazz-loving BF first played it for me in the early 80’s. To me that one feels like it’s “round” - it just rolls along. :)
@derfman1963 Жыл бұрын
A really good song written in 5/8 is Wind from the Naruto soundtrack. It came to mind as soon as I started watching this video. This is such a cool and instructive video.
@fel24thecat3 жыл бұрын
Take Five: Nah Take 3+2: Ah yes much better
@natthy_spfc3 жыл бұрын
indeed
@shep69643 жыл бұрын
Obtain the sum of the numbers 2, and 3.
@frds_skce3 жыл бұрын
Take 4+1: Am I a joke to you?
@checkYVELLUAP3 жыл бұрын
take 1.5+1.5+1+1
@AndrewAMartin3 жыл бұрын
@@checkYVELLUAP That's Mission: Impossible...
@latech76713 жыл бұрын
What I find most interesting about 5/4 is, that it seems to have become the standard for Spy movie music. Mission Impossible, The Incredibles, Ant-Man. They all use 5/4 in their Spy-Themes
@AndrewAMartin3 жыл бұрын
That's probably due to homage to Lalo Schifrin's Mission: Impossible theme -- it set the mood for an iconic TV show, and the newer movies want to invoke that same mood with nostalgia...
@pinkajou6563 жыл бұрын
They’re likely all referencing mission impossible
@dwachsmuth3 жыл бұрын
Ant-Man is actually 7/4, but the composer did say that he chose an odd time signature to reference MI.
@turkeysamwich00 Жыл бұрын
In my opinion, 5/4 is the only "odd time signature" that you can completely mistake for an even one. Something like 7/8 or 9/8 is always jarring, but there have been songs that I didn't even realize were in 5/4 until like the 10th time I listened to them
@robertcottam8824 Жыл бұрын
@@Drabkikker Thank you. I will. Best wishes
@Jelleybean18 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for breaking this all down! It was so difficult to understand when growing up but seeing you break it down and showing how it differs in different songs really helped me understand :)
@YingwuUsagiri2 жыл бұрын
What always impressed me about the 5/4 time signature is that it can both sound rushed and unwilling to let itself go. To use game examples Hollow Bastion from Kingdom Hearts sounds like it wants to rush you and has a really uneasy feeling as if something's up while Leavetaking from Ni no Kuni 2 sounds like it's lingering and unwilling to move on.
@amedeacatpaw59872 жыл бұрын
That could be whether you’re hearing it as 3/4 and then 2/4, or whether you’re hearing it as 4/4 with an extra beat. I think it’s so cool how a songwriter can change it to make it hurried or slow though, just by changing the emphasis!!
@dylan41422 жыл бұрын
omg i loved the ni no kuni 2 soundtrack glad to see it being talked about 😭😭
@CoingamerFL2 жыл бұрын
5/4 is super fascinating, plus a flex if you manage to make a song with it. I know i couldnt.
@protonjones542 жыл бұрын
>kingdom hearts 🤮🤮
@sparklight09642 жыл бұрын
@@protonjones54 ? KH has some good composers idk what ur talking about
@emiliebeal59463 жыл бұрын
it really can’t be a david bennett video without a radiohead reference
@colejohnson663 жыл бұрын
Or Beatles!
@hippyronn3 жыл бұрын
Yeah there wasn't any Beatles song! could this be a first?? I trust David had looked for one
@Dr0p0fahat3 жыл бұрын
@@hippyronn "Don't Let Me Down" and "Happiness is a Warm Gun" both briefly flirt with 5/4 time.
@-AAA-1473 жыл бұрын
Radiohead are the Dark Souls of music.
@gi50893 жыл бұрын
@@-AAA-147 nope. Radiohead is amazing whereas Dark souls is so devoid of fun that it isn't really worth anyone's time
@Toddricious2 ай бұрын
radiohead, hozier and taylor swift all mentioned in a video about time signatures wow i feel like this was made for me
@keeganryan81563 жыл бұрын
No way. I was just at my piano wondering if any popular songs use 5/4 and I got this notification. You're a mind reader 💯
@DavidBennettPiano3 жыл бұрын
😁😁
@smithjohn3833 жыл бұрын
Not only a mind reader but a time traveling mind reader. Making this video has taken several days or weeks even.
@lukebarrile38403 жыл бұрын
If you're looking for more, Come On Feel the Illinoise pt 1 by sufjan stevens is in 5/4
@loganwilbur51313 жыл бұрын
THE ALGORITHM. It's that good 😁
@AsrielKujo3 жыл бұрын
In classical music listen to Kapustin prelude 13, amazing piano 5/4 time signature piece
@dynpallomah59183 жыл бұрын
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Me on every KZbin sponsor section
@progfox3 жыл бұрын
@Jennifer Brown. yes
@krokovay.marcell3 жыл бұрын
@@shq_main2853 except when Stevie T does it
@SlideRSB3 жыл бұрын
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@PJRye10 ай бұрын
First encountered 5/4 in Jethro Tull's 'Living in the Past" (ca 1969), and have found more since, so it was great to hear a closer study. I used Take Five for a pairs skating dance routine some years back, and it really did our coach's head in!
@bobbyhilda58803 ай бұрын
Yes, the single arrived in 1969 and the album came in 1972.
@wiseoldfool Жыл бұрын
I love this piece (take 5), have never really understood it or was able to count it, until you explained it can be interpreted as alternating bars of 3/4 and 2/4. Now I get it! You have a great gift of explaining things.
@guitarfreakzzz0153 жыл бұрын
There's polymetre in another one of Taylor Swift's songs called "Closure". Alternating between 4/4 and 5/4.
@louisahayriyan57813 жыл бұрын
Where is it 4/4?
@guitarfreakzzz0153 жыл бұрын
@@louisahayriyan5781 You can notice it at the start of the song. The first 8 bars feature this percussion sample in 4/4 and when the verse begins it switches to 5/4
@angelinebena96753 жыл бұрын
@@louisahayriyan5781 most songs are 4/4
@louisahayriyan57813 жыл бұрын
@@angelinebena9675 i meant something different
@angelinebena96753 жыл бұрын
@@louisahayriyan5781 oops sorry I read it wrong
@FirstBran3 жыл бұрын
The only TS song that came to my mind being 5/4 was Tolerate It and I was damn right
@isabellah11582 жыл бұрын
closure is also in 5/4
@saving_graciela92032 жыл бұрын
Me too
@Mare4162 жыл бұрын
@@isabellah1158 Yeah, I was thinking closure as well
@djpopcorn7 ай бұрын
Loved hearing Take 5 in 3/4. 🎉 Thanks for your uploads. Been a while, forgot about you!
@atakiri Жыл бұрын
Great examples! Really loved the mix of tracks, and it was very cool to hear yours, too!
@jyoung12103 жыл бұрын
The Incredibles theme is also in 5/4. The Pitt Band marched a show to it a few years ago, and it took a bit to get used to. Marching to a 5/4 piece creates a 5/2 polyrhythm between your music and your feet.
@DavidBennettPiano3 жыл бұрын
Nice! I’ve never noticed that!
@elisabethcait29483 жыл бұрын
amd i thought we were weird when when we marched 4/4 to a 3/4 waltz cause we ran out of pieces during a 5h parade. also quite wonky
@hanakosan44043 жыл бұрын
The Incredibles theme reminds me very much of Mission Impossible
@ellieofthebeast79523 жыл бұрын
One of my personal favorite usages of 5/4 is Dr. Sunshine Is Dead by Will Wood and The Tapeworms. The first 2 and a half minutes of the song have been a 4/4 Merengue feel, then after a big build, it suddenly drops all the instruments you’ve been hearing throughout the entire song and is left with only a piano playing a quick 5/4 dark cabaret style melody as other instruments slowly rejoin on the same melody. Will comes back in, starting on the 5 and letting each 1 hold until the 4, creating a disorienting feeling as if there were two different 5/4 measures running just one beat off from each other, and once you’ve gotten used to it, every remaining instrument crashes in at the same time as Will’s vocals jump the octave, before dropping back down into a free flowing 4/4 ballad feel to ramp to the big finish. The song jumps from an upbeat chaotic 4/4, to a disorienting twisted cabaret 5/4, to a 4/4 flowy section, to a breakdown, until concluding on a 3/4 callback to a previous song on the album.
@leontius55022 жыл бұрын
will wood listeners unite!
@leowahlqvist53472 жыл бұрын
ive always thought that the ending was in 6/8?
@natqevalhiindisguise1412 жыл бұрын
Wow, I never noticed that! To be fair last time I listened to it was before I’ve been getting more familiar with time signatures. Either way, great analysis, Will’s stuff is so complex.
@mayah23972 жыл бұрын
didn't expect to see a will wood mention here! good stuff
@meadowsin2 жыл бұрын
*applause*
@reiMV Жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Really liked all the examples and demonstrations! Thank you for making such a easily understood musical breakdown!
@press_button_for_assistance11 ай бұрын
Really enjoying your videos. I don’t play an instrument but I can appreciate your insights that others might already know.
@danielkim4113 жыл бұрын
I know almost nothing about music. I can barely read sheet and certainly can’t play any instruments, but here I am watching this fascinating video that doesn’t make sense to me
@pranavlotlikar38163 жыл бұрын
All the songs listed in the video: Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (0:32) Lalo Schifrin - The Mission Impossible Theme (2:15) Hozier - From Eden (3:31) Radiohead - 15 Step (3:54) Radiohead - Morning Bell (4:37) Taylor Swift - Tolerate It (6:00) Muse - Animals (8:47) Queens Of The Stone Age - Hanging Tree (10:01) Gustav Holst - Mars (10:42) Nick Drake - River Man (12:33) Cream - White Room (13:05) Sting - Seven Days (13:46) Sufjan Stevens: Come On: Feel The Illinoise! (14:51) David Bennett - The Longest March (15:59) Here's a link to a youtube playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLg5398vrnsp_3FMV235-jL4U0-SXXNFEp
@DavidBennettPiano3 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Morning Bell 😃
@pranavlotlikar38163 жыл бұрын
Nah man, won't miss a single one. Hope you don't mind if this comment takes some of the suspense from the video for first time viewers 😅
@DavidBennettPiano3 жыл бұрын
@@pranavlotlikar3816 No worries! And thanks for taking the time to make a playlist of them all!
@user-tw2pu7ex9k3 жыл бұрын
7:51 gorillaz 5/4
@infinitedonuts99293 жыл бұрын
You forgot Gorillaz.
@omartechnologies4 ай бұрын
David. Thanks a lot. A lot of very valuable and meaningful information clearing a lot of doubts. Especially making poly meters super intuitive to understand and deduce. Definitely going to be a patreon subscriber
@dinoschachten3 жыл бұрын
Oh man, that origin of the Mission Impossible theme is soooo cool. It's the ultimate musical easter egg.
@ShirubaGin3 жыл бұрын
Take Five in 3/4 is cursed
@roswitha24662 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks for video! These songs are somehow so satisfying.
@dc6193 ай бұрын
I watched all of this, I understood nothing, but it was explained concisely. Musicians understanding this is a great gift.
@cardiganweather3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love Tolerate It! I hoped it would show up on this list. If you haven't heard if, go check out the song 'Closure' by Taylor Swift written with Aaron Dessner. That one has a fun time signature as well.
@DavidBennettPiano3 жыл бұрын
I just discovered that one! Great to see a pop star playing with odd time signatures!
@j_0anna3 жыл бұрын
@@DavidBennettPiano taylor's always been a music theory nerd, this genre is the first time she's been able to really play with time signatures in her music
@frogandtoady3 жыл бұрын
I actually expected closure to be in this video instead of tolerate it haha
@creinstein3 жыл бұрын
I actually prefer to think of that song at the end in 5/8
@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co3 жыл бұрын
5/128 we die like men
@shanechenmusic18043 жыл бұрын
@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co 5/32768 is much better
@ZlothZloth3 жыл бұрын
@@shanechenmusic1804 5/1 - the wholey signature
@ppvfd121 Жыл бұрын
A very good explanation. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
@dbaseballjunkie2 жыл бұрын
15 steps by Radiohead was the first song I thought of when starting this video!!! I wasn't sure if it was a 5/4 cause I'm just beginning to learn music theory, but was so thrilled when you used it as an example!!! You just sold yourself another subscriber just from that! (as shallow as that is lol)
@Ryantalope3 жыл бұрын
This is basically a beautifully collated documentary on 5/4. It’s an invaluable resource and beautifully explained. This is a truly terrific youtube channel.
@DavidBennettPiano3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😃😃😃
@ericrakestraw6643 жыл бұрын
That's very interesting at 3:17. I never knew the "Mission: Impossible" theme's rhythm was inspired by Morse code.
@paulfaust14963 жыл бұрын
So is YYZ by Rush - . - - / - . - - / - - . .
@guessundheit64943 жыл бұрын
@@paulfaust1496 And in 5/4 time.
@daneng36413 жыл бұрын
@@paulfaust1496 Saw this comment and thought there's a 0% chance someone doesn't mention YYZ. Thanks for not disappointing.
@chrispaul62903 жыл бұрын
same here
@nonewanted3 жыл бұрын
Mind blown
@kevinmcgauhey9813 Жыл бұрын
Another excellent video, thank you, but I gotta say, I really love the piece YOU wrote, which you play here at the end, so thanks for including that link too!
@shantihealer Жыл бұрын
So fascinating, thank you David. There are some amazing polyrhythms in the piano etudes of Gyorgy Ligetti. A nightmare to play and once considered unplayable. Would love to see your analysis of some of these.
@inesis3 жыл бұрын
Finding songs that use 5/4 time will be mission impossible...
@junatan253 жыл бұрын
Slow slow fast fast
@tourist16653 жыл бұрын
King gizzard and the lizard wizard want to your location
@JD-pr1et3 жыл бұрын
Try prog rock
@Selvikus3 жыл бұрын
The joke here is that mission impossible’s theme is in 5/4 lol
@lancecahill54863 жыл бұрын
Nah, only Take Five (seconds)
@ElbartoLoco3 жыл бұрын
Murdoc: Hey Face ache what are we gonna call the next song 2-D: I can’t think of anything there’s nothing to work off of Murdoc: What’s the time signature 2-D: 5/4 Murdoc: Perfect we’ll call it 5/4
@LucyWest3702 жыл бұрын
6/9
@no_name_idea73862 жыл бұрын
@@LucyWest370 holy shi
@roundestrow1et2 ай бұрын
"she turned my dad on... she made me kill myself" yeah i understand why he couldnt think of anything
@JimHinCOАй бұрын
great presentation. Love your 5/4 songs that you showed. The last piece on the piano is gorgeous!
@user-qp1lh9vk7u3 күн бұрын
I love this channel, it’s giving me explanations of what I hear when I listen to music which is so awesome and fun
@daniabarajas51603 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was learning to play "From Eden" by Hozier, I tried tapping my foot along and I found that it just didnt feel right. I finally looked up the time signature to figure out why I couldnt get it and I was surprised to find out that it was in 5/4. It's not too popular a song, so I was pleasantly surprised to find it on this list
@mehna34693 жыл бұрын
if this song isn't popular then that's so underrated :( it's a bop
@womblechops3 жыл бұрын
I feel vindicated that I'm not a musician but noticed that it was 5/4 and went around pointing this out to people when I heard it playing. Needless to say, to a man they really didn't give a damn, but I was still happy.
@emilianomarquez16293 жыл бұрын
You're the music teacher i was looking for.
@DavidBennettPiano3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😃
@colatf23 жыл бұрын
Yeah I knew WHAT 5/4 meant, but I didn’t know HOW it affected the music so thanks
@pinkajou6563 жыл бұрын
@@DavidBennettPiano yes me too! Thank you!
@angrykrabs99683 жыл бұрын
His teaching is better than my music teacher
@laurengilbert91188 ай бұрын
I read your last piece in my head as “1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-5-&” which is why I think some would argue 5/8, so cool! Thank you for this!
@tedl75382 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, great examples and explanations, bravo!!! 🎵🎶
@miyojewoltsnasonth21593 жыл бұрын
*Songs On This Video With Timestamps* 0:28 *The Dave Brubeck Quartet* "Take Five" 2:15 *Lalo Schifrin* "Theme From Mission: Impossible" 3:31 *Hozier* "From Eden" 3:55 *Radiohead* "15 Step" 4:37 *Radiohead* "Morning Bell" on Kid A 4:51 *Radiohead* "Morning Bell" on Amnesiac 6:00 *Taylor Swift* "Tolerate It" 7:50 *Gorillaz* "5/4" 8:46 *Muse* "Animals" 9:59 *Queens of the Stone Age* "Hanging Tree" 10:37 *Gustav Holt* "Mars" 12:31 *Nick Drake* "River Man" 12:56 *Cream* "White Room" 13:45 *Sting* "Seven Days" 14:48 *Sufjan Stevens* "Come On! Feel the Illinoise!" 15:57 *David Bennett* "The Longest March" 16:34 *David Bennett* (unnamed)
@Surenil3 жыл бұрын
I scrolled through the whole comments section looking for this! Thank you!
@DarrylConliffe3 жыл бұрын
THIS WAS OH SO CLOSE TO WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR! 👌🏾👍🏾👏🏾 Thank you! A list of links to the full version each song referenced would have been it EXACTLY! 😉
@reishiboo3 жыл бұрын
thanks!!
@Liletter3 жыл бұрын
There’s this alto sax kid in school band with me who always tries to play take five with his piano friend but he always tries to come in on beat 2 or 4. We make fun of him for not being able to count to three, but man, the rhythm really is hard.
@_stoops2 жыл бұрын
Always the sax players lmao
@limonx6778 Жыл бұрын
This helped me understand why sometimes different versions of the same songs are so hard to keep up with
@guilhermenunesbarbosa7862 Жыл бұрын
since nobody did it, I feel obligated to make this honorable mention for the Incredibles theme song, which is another example of 5/4, present in our lives since childhood
@jamessisson37033 жыл бұрын
You know, I've never listened to someone describe rhythm in a modern way better than this guy. My music teachers, although very good, didn't even come close. I totally appreciate the effort that's gone into this presentation.
@finalscore29833 жыл бұрын
Animals by Muse is my alarm ringtone in the morning. It's great to wake up to the smooth sound before the drums come in.
@FluidBlow2 ай бұрын
Wow I learned so much. This is very thorough and example-oriented, I love it! Thansk for your work!
@ElectricFury9 ай бұрын
I don't know why but something about the 5/4 signature hits that spot in my brain that I can't get enough. Easily my favourite time signature. Really cool to hear you break it down like this.
@PianoVampire3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Nick Drake and Sufjan Stevens getting a mention! One of my favourite 5/4 songs is When Your Mind's Made Up from the movie Once - and the incredible Lingus by Snarky Puppy of course.
@DavidBennettPiano3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I need to mention Snarky Puppy in a video at some point!
@ashleycai55583 жыл бұрын
that’s my favorite song from once!
@muenchhausenmusic3 жыл бұрын
The japanese progressive metal band Dir en grey have a really beautiful calm song in 5/8 called "Namamekashiki ni hohoemi, ansoku tamerai", with a chorus in 6/8, such a nicely flowing song 😆
@carlysimpson95183 жыл бұрын
Lingus SLAPS!!!!
@davidf63263 жыл бұрын
I'd never heard of Snarky Puppy and as it sounds rather like it might be the name of a rapper, I just had to check out what kind of rapper was using a somewhat complex time signature. Can't say as I was unduly surprised to find it's not the name of a rapper, after all 😆
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@@mariferramirez6526 Or CuriosityStream, or Skillshare
@smcphee84993 жыл бұрын
Raycon
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@seanharrington60149 ай бұрын
Good man David! Brilliant as always.......
@york624 ай бұрын
I'm so glad I watched this video. So many of these examples yoi used arw songs that i love! I could never really put my finger on why they felt so good to me! I have so many other songs that hit hard that im wanting to go investigate their timings! Thanks for this!
@Ekklesia8033 жыл бұрын
0:20 Take Five by The Dave Brubeck Quartet 2:15 Theme from Mission: Impossible by Lalo Schifrin 3:31 From Eden by Hozier 3:54 15 Step by Radiohead 4:37 Morning Bell by Radiohead 5:59 tolerate it by Taylor Swift _(10/8)_ 7:50 5/4 by Gorillaz 8:46 Animals by Muse 9:59 Hanging Tree by Queens of the Stone Age 10:35 Mars from Gustav Holst's “Planets Suite” 12:31 River Man by Nick Drake 13:04 White Room by Cream 13:45 Seven Days by Sting 14:49 Come On! Feel the Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens 15:58 The Longest March by David Bennet _(5/8)_ 16:32 ____ by David Bennet _(5/4)_
@quidditch19912 жыл бұрын
I made a playlist of all of these on Apple Music, including Dr. Sunshine is Dead (another song partially in 5/4). The only songs that aren’t included is Bennet’s because his music isn’t on Apple so… yeah it’s called ‘drunk at 5/4 in the morning’.
@rescue2702 жыл бұрын
"In the Past" by Jethro Tull.
@ZackAcciari2 жыл бұрын
Where can I find the cover version of River man that he used in the video??? I can’t find it on KZbin or Spotify :(