How to Play and Hear Odd Time Signatures (5/4, 7/8, 9/8, 11/8) - Guitar Lesson Tutorial

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[@tobimusic91]

1:53: 5/4 = 123 12 (3+2) 2:37: 10/8 (same as 5/4) = 123 123 12 12 (3+3+4) 5:10: 7/8 = 123 12 12 (3+4) OR 1212 123 (4+3) 7:52: 11/8 = 12 12 123 12 12 (4+3+4) 10:25: 9/8 = 12 12 123 12 (4+3+2) 13:20: 12/8 = 12 12 123 123 12 (4+3+3+2)

[@MattJacobs]

jambi the bottom is what kind of not it is (1/4, 1/8 etc)

[@queencrimson9604]

I don‘t get the last one. The counting doesn’t make sense to me

[@nicholaspogue4749]

You have a flair for this. After 50 years of playing i finally get these odd signatures. Thank you.

[@FesTheWonderBird]

I've punished myself with tabs and sheet music of "Take 5" for years and in 30 seconds of this video I've learned what I need to learn this song. Thanks.

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[@Ejfabiszewski]

One of the only videos about odd time signatures I actually found applicable. Thank you.

[@tonitonight7924]

Hi and thank you for your good work! I compose mainly in uneven (odd) time signatures, because I'm from Bulgaria and our national music is in odd time signatures - seven eights, eleven eights, nine eights etc. The 9/8 by the way we play with prolonged fourth time - 2+2+2+3 or ta-ta-ta-taa. Very good lesson! Thanks again!

[@baggens55]

More than anything, watching your videos and looking at the way you think has helped me progress as a guitar player

[@Axel_Xirics_Music]

Owh gosh! Thank you for clearing the mystery of odd time signatures for me. Was having some issues trying to get a feel for these times since I am delving deeper into writing some prog songs. This helped a bunch! Cheers!

[@StevetheHunter560]

Fantastic job tackling a tough subject, thank you!

[@ShumuStudios]

Sir, you have my utmost respect! Thanks to you and your fine explanation I can enjoy the band Jinjer on a whole other level. Hats off!

[@Gabriel3Dx]

Love ur videos! They always help me a lot! Thank you so much! Please make more videos about time signatures

[@samuelsunny7]

Thank you for providing a lot of information which I exactly needed..☺

[@arthurmee]

A good example of a 9/8 piece is 'Apocalypse in 9/8' from an early (Gabriel era)Genesis album 'Foxtrot' 1972 from the piece called 'Supper's Ready. Incredible for getting your head around the 9/8 time signature. Took me ages in 1972 when I was a 16 year old.

[@markieowen2002]

Another 9/8 is I Hung My Head by Sting, I believe!

[@doktorfickle2077]

something nice: you don't always have to go fast! usually going slow is good :) apocalypse in 9/8 (a section from the genesis song 'supper's ready) is a good one for 9/8

[@tsetanangdu1890]

Sir .. it was an awsum lesson . It helped me a lot n now i understand much more about the odd signatures . Great lesson and video

[@benjaminrodriguez2918]

"And that was 9/8.... I hope." ha! Man, you really got those odd timings down. Gave me some inspiration for sure. Thanks for the vid.

[@user-vx5sn3uj9n]

Your way of teaching is really commendable..

[@jamesmcloughlin9404]

Thanks very much buddy this is the stuff I need help with it's quite difficult greatly appreciated !!!

[@vivekvarmas]

Loved it ! Thank you that what I needed

[@justinfalzon6854]

You're a great teacher. Thanks for your work.

[@markielinhart]

Thank you‼️As an emerging drummer you have unlocked the 5/4 - Take Five - odd time for me✌️🌻

[@aclemonsface]

I play piano and I was looking for a video about odd time signatures to help me understand them better because I play by ear lol. Thank you so much because now I can count the music that I just muddled through

[@bollywoodhungama2332]

Your teaching type abosulutly brilliant!

[@amygudgeon8554]

this helped me so much thank you!

[@ritadighent]

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[@yoverale]

Amazing lesson! thanks

[@jacobmusicvibe0109]

Amazing effort and explanation sir...wonderful🤗

[@UncleBat]

Thanks for the clear explanation dude! Best ever! Your dog: "I wish I could play guitar and understand this time signature"

[@engelillop]

nice! someone who actually gets it so he knows how to explain! thanks

[@arvind030892]

Loving the konnakol at 2:46!

[@keeperofthereign]

You are something of a genious man!

[@WrothPariah]

Great lesson. Best explanation I've heard and I've been watching time signature videos for a month. All of them were too technical. Biggest difference was that you said time signature = RYTHM, as opposed to bpm/tempo.

[@thedonovansvenom2848]

This is amazing! I wish I could hear this against the steady metronome!

[@SavoPaddy]

Great job, Thank you

[@doghousejt]

I bought me a Taylor GS MINI-E like yours, great sound and easy playing.

[@leechenli1987]

thank you so much! super good!!!

[@albertoescher3035]

The song "seca" by Djavan is on a 9/8 time signature

[@anuragekka317]

The language you're using, takats takataka.. Is very much like what we use in Indian Classical Music. Very Nicely Explained. 😘

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[@waldisatrio3498]

its really help me..thank you man..

[@Bilalkhan-hb8uf]

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[@teampoor]

Ohh.. now i understood. Thanks man!

[@suebraschio6763]

love this thank you

[@kripalpatel0904]

You are amazing 😊

[@leerbechmorten]

Thanks... Good upload 😎

[@seanocobhthaigh7096]

So awesome thanks so much for he help :)

[@infantino93]

Great job at breaking down these, some videos seem to drag things out & just end up becoming more confusing

[@malkeithsingh3120]

Awesome. Thanks a Ton.

[@TotalNoSkill]

Great explaining without uselles bullshit. That's what i was looking for. Thank you brother!

[@ColinMacKenzieRobots]

Hearing Green Sleeves in 7/8 time @ 7:11 was awesome! Best Green Sleeves version. :)

[@Ak-pr1wg]

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[@disciple678]

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[@garyscarisbrick8227]

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[@maheshjshah48]

FYI - Indian Music has this 10 bit cycle called Zaptal. It is counted as 12 123 12 123. f course there are many variations to this, The 7/8 cycle is call Taal Rupak - 123 12 12.

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[@digikaininja5]

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[@gabeft95]

LMFAO i should sub just for that intro

[@adrianturle3032]

gabeft95 exactly what I thought :)

[@zword9985]

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[@elduderino97302]

Thanks for the lesson! Any possibility of doing a lesson for "Whiskey in the Jar"?

[@nonyafourthreetwoonezero7350]

do folk songs like james bays clock goes forward have a time signature. I feel it has a beat, just hard to tell.

[@alwilliams1997]

Hi. This is something i'm working on: My question. In 7/8 or any odd time when counting 2 and 3s should you try and keep the quarter note with your foot. For example if playing 12, 12, 123 in 7/8 would you would squeeze 12, 12 on first pulse and 123 on second pulse as in 6/8 rather than the foot moving 3 times with each group of 7.?

[@petergavigan9628]

How to you handle "Westmeath Bachelor" by Joe Dolan 1970 version ? in advance thanks !

[@ConvergingPerspectives]

I sang Amazing Grace in 9/8 time in swing choir in high school. It did feel a bit like triplets the way we sang it. But it was a nice slow roll.

[@Data76]

Classic Example of 9/8 Blessed Assurance

[@AndrzejMakarczuk]

Hi. What are you playing in 7:10?

[@mohammedissa5139]

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[@clintonthe4th245]

There are a lot of Irish folk songs written in 9/8 like the butterfly, right? Or are they in 3/3 with a rest?

[@billworsfold]

In Celtic dance music, jigs (6/8), slip jigs (9/8) and slides (12/8) are respectively, 2, 3 and 4 beat rhythms. But each beat is a dotted quarter note so it divides into 3 rather than 2. So, for example, a jig is counted 1 & a 2 & a, a slip jig is 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a, etc. 5, 7, 9 and 11 rhythms are really common in dance music from Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia (I suspect you meant Balkans rather than Baltic.) Look on YT for Kopanitsa - it's in 11, counted 2 2 3 2 2, or 'quick quick slow quick quick'. Kalamatianos is a Greek dance in 7, counted slow quick quick, Rachenitsa is a Bulgarian dance in 7, counted quick quick slow. I think there's a Macedonian dance called Cocek in 9 that goes 'quick quick quick slow'. For all of these, quick = 2 beats, slow = 3. The idea is that all beats don't have to be the same length!

[@clintonthe4th245]

Thanks for the great answer!

[@snehalkhichi4746]

awesome

[@dananthony6258]

What time signature is one way out Allman brothers classic song. I've been trying to count it and it messes with me ?

[@StephenHsiang]

dakata dakata daka daka, this mnemonic is good.

[@muzikgarage]

u rock........

[@MUSICsukantaOfficial]

Thanks for this lesson..I have a question...123-12...it is 5/4 pattern...so if the pattern be like.. 12-123....so what will be the name of this??

[@13percenttrue]

It's still 5/4, 123-12 is more common, but 12-123 songs exist

[@santaclause6839]

This man is acctually Akatosh, the dragon god of time

[@greenteadude8958]

great *make the intro in 5/4*

[@dailyfrenchbybornomala]

nice

[@shrijeetbiswas1640]

Can you suggest me how to feel the rythm for Ddd Ddd Dd 😶

[@ruh4734]

How is playing a minor 4 times a 3 ?? in 5/4

[@premkumarofficial123]

sir can u tell mi fingerstyle strumming pattern for bollywood songs?

[@vikrantsingh47]

what's the difference between 5/4 and 5/2 ?

[@stakkanovfriman2838]

ya i can play that and i have been takata'd at before but i am compleatly lost. all the beats are the same measure of time right? so whys it not all 1/1 music, a beat is a beat right?

[@BloodRoseRecords]

The time signature isn't just an instruction on how long each beat is -- it tells you how the song uses beats to create movement, and how long beats are. 1/1 time would just be counting out beats, and wouldn't bring you any closer to understanding the piece you're playing. Most music is 3/4 or 4/4, and I think if you really want to feel how different time signatures change music, I'd suggest studying folk music some, because folk music usually has the best examples of putting odd time to good use. A time signature is basically a fraction, where the top number is how many beats make a measure, and the bottom number is how long a beat is. I usually look at the bottom number, first when dissecting a piece, because it tells me what I use to count, and then the top number tells me what I'm counting to. 4/4 is probably the most common time signature used, and . 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4. "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele, for example, is written in 4/4 time. Less common time signatures, like 7/4, are counted very differently, even though if you played the songs at the same tempo, the respective beats would be the same length. "Money" by Pink Floyd is the best example I can think of, because it switches back and forth, so you can really feel the difference. It's counted out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (7/4) during the verses, and 1 2 3 4 (4/4) during the instrumental, and at the very end of the song. Listen to the songs and count out as you go. You should see and feel what I mean.

[@BloodRoseRecords]

If you want to see the difference, visually, without needing to compare it to a song, here's what I'll recommend: Download Audacity or some other similar, simple music program with a metronome. Set one track to play 4/4 at 120 beats per minute, and then create another track playing a song in 7/4 at 120 beats per minute, line them up at the very beginning, and then just listen to them.

[@sarahcrees]

I have the same guitar .

[@TheCharudatta]

How about 19/32 time signature? I have heard it in Animals as Leaders' music.

[@rym6060]

ChaRudatTa MuNdE Well, they're just crazy :D

[@hasis21]

theres no such thing as 32. the top number tells you how high to count, the bottom tells you how fast to count. the bottom number can only be 4 (quarter note), 8 (eighth note) or 16 (sixteenth note).

[@TheCharudatta]

hasis21 There is a thing called thirty second note which is twice as fast as sixteenth note.

[@YashashreeUchil]

ChaRudatTa MuNdE Which track?

[@tobinwasabi]

The part with the sliding power chords in master of puppets is in 21/32 if you break it down enough

[@CC-hv2qp]

Did not expect Baltic music to show up here. Lol

[@srijaljoshi3421]

Can you play 9/8 as three consecutive triplets 3 3 3 instead of 4 3 2?

[@adamolecky6296]

You basically could. But it will sound just like 3 x 4/4 because we are use to it at triplets. So to differ that you just use 342 compossition. But dont forget one thing and that is that triplets are 3 notes played on 4 times (4/4 or similar) so basically you could count triplet style (123 123 123) but in the beat :)

[@giorgiomarchetti8943]

Apocalypse in 9/8 by Genesis please!!

[@queencrimson9604]

I don‘t get the last one at 13:20..

[@danielj.watkins6557]

I'm still very confused, probably because I have a learning disability. Are there any tabbed exercises that help explain this better?

[@mido3ontheway]

6:12 Why does it sound like its 123 12 12 12?

[@merlynschutterle7242]

Wish you and given us some examples of real tunes here on you tube. Can you name 2 or 3 tunes with each rhythm?

[@Roikuh]

tool - schism pink floyd - money mike oldfield - tubular bells plus many more to find

[@MichaelGiblin]

I Want to be in America (West Side Story)

[@tobinwasabi]

Flicky the dance of eternity 😂😂

[@ShrubPlays]

TheHmaster84 You just suggested a song with constantly changing time signatures to a clear pleb.

[@bernalm3067]

The monkees - As we go along Jesus Christ Superstar - Everything's alright They are both in 5/4

[@ronaldcastrovega5618]

11/8 had an anime music feeling to it

[@BoundInChains]

So how will 5/4 sound differently from 5/8??

[@philipshapkin6607]

a bar 5/4 is 1.2.3.4.5. steady slow count. no pauses. a bar of 5/8 also has no pauses but will go 1+2+3 rapidly and the time it takes to count 2 bars of 5/8 only a bar of 5/4 will pass. if that doesnt make sense or if u want to know about 5/16 then heres a good vid i was watching today. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnScloynjJx8l9E

[@BoundInChains]

Thanks so much for the response! I think I have got it now. Clear as crystal infact!

[@philipshapkin6607]

glad to hear that man. have fun with it

[@BoundInChains]

Philip Shapkin 😊

[@sdfjsd]

Aren't there multiple different ways to feel any given time signature?

[@xeralt2914]

Isn't 9/8 a compound triple time signature?

[@predragviric2743]

The most frequent division of 9/8 in Balcan music is 12 12 12 123

[@livingpicture]

Some odd rhythms are born from poly-rhythms, like 4 against 3 (often demonstrated by saying "pass the golden butter") and 5 against 3, which I like to represent as duh duh ga-duh duh-ga duh, if that makes sense...

[@WolwoxEsposito]

Haha! Now you can teach us fingerstyle version of The Dance Of Eternity. Nice lesson by the way

[@TheSabatuer]

That would be so epic. Its the first thing i heard when he did the examples. Dream Theater. not sure which one tho

[@PatrikGelis]

I know two older hymns in 9/8 time: I will sing of my Redeemer and Up Calvary's Mountain. At least hymnal says they're 9/8...

[@Prolegomeno]

why dont you count 9/8 like 3+3+3?

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[@v1latqwervoliq601]

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[@TedBoyRomarino]

I think your dog is more into regular 4/4 bars