3 Time signatures simultaneously?! 'Jambi' by TOOL

Time Consuming Ep #51 is a competition I know I was about to loose, but one can dream.
These two bands, Tool and Hago, both have songs that experiment with the many ways to play the time cycle 9. And in this video we'll try and see how each way feels and how each band manifests each division.
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#musiceducation #polyrhythms #tool #hago
0:00 Intro
1:17 Three 3s
2:40 4s and 5s
3:36 Big 3 Small 3
5:27 Out of the box ways
9:08 FINAL TOOL SECTION
11:15 Outro

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

"10000 Days is my favorite TOOL album." Ah yes finally a man of culture.

[@YogevGabay]

hahahaha not many would agree with us, we need to UNITE

[@Scottacon]

@@YogevGabay There are dozens of us!! DOZENS!!!

[@XLRider2]

@@YogevGabay DOZENS I SAY!!!

[@guitaristssuck8979]

I know someone who feels the same

[@YogevGabay]

@@Scottacon YEESSSSSSS

[@matankesselman456]

Dude didn't say that it was his own band until the very end... Well played

[@YogevGabay]

Trying to earn your attention with non biased good songs !

[@matankesselman456]

@@YogevGabay I like that you feature your music, as well as the fact that you put some israeli music every now and then

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Nooo, you spoiled it for me haha

[@girllloyd1214]

at the beginning, i was internally screaming "THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU" before you said "you're welcome." so....... thanks.

[@YogevGabay]

You're welcome hahahaha

[@wintermute9000]

@@YogevGabay Completely off-topic, but on the subject of MARROW: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6HOf3dvbMt1m9k

[@YogevGabay]

@@wintermute9000 I have seen this and it hurt me personally

[@fraktal9]

man HAGO SONG IS FUCKING INSANE, so good, thanks for the recommendation

[@Madhatter1781]

Was just thinking this, holy shit this band slaps haha

[@GuidoPerdomo]

I had to scroll down soo much on Spotify, they most def need recognition. This is top notch

[@YogevGabay]

OHHH thanks !! A lot of effort was put into that one

[@22ddo]

It's the drumming that makes it

[@versalgraphics]

@@YogevGabay Your drumming was amazing on it

[@met-shuggah3845]

I also like the "If I could I'd wish it all away" part of Jambi where it's 3 x 3, but the threes are performed as two dotted eighths (which are 3 sixteenths long each) instead of 3 eighths, making the smallest subdivision sixteenth notes, so it's really small-3 x 6. Gives it a 6 triplets feel. Super awesome.

[@YogevGabay]

Couldn't agree more

[@Rassalcon]

I checked out the Hago track. that's some good shit right there

[@TheFloatingBartender]

came here to say the same

[@kamalthapa5817]

I didnt find hago lol

[@Rassalcon]

@@kamalthapa5817 what do you mean?

[@reneluna]

@@kamalthapa5817 search for song name

[@shantanunathan]

I simply couldn't stop smiling when listening to Gefilte Kebab!

[@cagilundar]

Drummer of culture. Yogev's channel is like channels that reveal magician secrets. I bet he makes most people "aaaaaaw, that's how.." Hats off man.

[@baileymoyer9777]

I’m a huge tool fan, I have no clue what any if this count really means but I do know that it combines for amazing music

[@davidescarchini4309]

I'm a huge fan of Tool and Jambi is one of my favourites songs. Amazing video thank you.

[@deaddoomed2380]

it's amazing how you begin to understand rythm in a totally different way when you start counting in changing times

[@javierpindado3486]

Smooth promo! I’m going to listen to it right now 👍 👍

[@YogevGabay]

Thanks for listening!

[@javierpindado3486]

@@YogevGabay uuuuu I really enjoyed it!

[@mariinito8398]

So we're comparing a Psychedelic Metal with Progressive Metal. Neat

[@mariinito8398]

@@HexFent I was being sarcastic too my man. I actually do love this breakdown abd that he introduced me to his band, Hago. They really slap hard, in a good way

[@jefgirdler7232]

The bridge in Jambi (big 3 little 3 big 2 little 3 little 3 big 1 little 3 little 3) ALWAYS throws me off, even when I count it out in in single beats. Playing along to that section trips me up and now it makes so much more sense divided like that. Thanks.

[@charlieno3909]

Your band Hago is just brilliant Bro. Wow thanks for sharing, I wifi keep searching to listen more of your great work. BYW great video!

[@wanderingpanchhi]

Thanks Yogev! All your videos are amazing. 🤘from India

[@nlarralde]

came here as just a Tool fan, left here as a Tool fan and a subscriber. Amazing explanation of how to break up these complex songs.

[@karmapolice911]

6:35 I have been trying to learn how to count this part reliably for years, and you made it so simple! Great video, I love letting all the sweet math wash over me.

[@Alexgoesout]

Seconded. Thanks for this

[@Madhatter1781]

Such stunning melodic lines from the Hago album, really really cool the way they're so intricate yet play so smoothly with the intricate rhythmic lines!

[@shantanudhiman8194]

I really had difficulty in calculating the 27 time signature in Jambi, thank you so much for this now I can try covering the song again on drums 🤩🙌🏼

[@BigBoss-cz3sh]

Hadn’t heard of Hago before, fantastic music. Wouldn’t have known without this vid, great work 🔥

[@YogevGabay]

Glad you like it!

[@wglathrop]

Oh man, the Hago album is so good! Thank you for making these videos 🤘

[@jacksmith4460]

Gefilte Kabab goes hard, listening now

[@sazarod]

Soooo that’s what’s happening in Jambi. Thank you!

[@memorabiliatemporarium2747]

Hago, huh? Thanks for showing me that band! Great video, as always!

[@66marbor]

This was an amazing breakdown and illustration. Fascinating and kudos to your talent.

[@johannbrassac9576]

Yo, thanks for discovering Hago through this video. Brillant band imo !

[@magnus.nasmark]

That Gefilte Kabab makes me hungry!

[@nickwilcox3648]

This is a genius ad for your band!

[@ryanholmes9854]

Have never seen a good explanation of the 5/4 over 4/4 polyrhythm at the beginning of "The Grudge". I think you'd be the perfect person to tackle that. 😊

[@romanchraniuk2330]

There is also a cherry on top - lyrics. On the last part (“breathe in union”), first four repeats are played with different subdivisions, but for the last one they finally “breathe in union” by playing the same riff together! And than vocal continues with “so, as one, survive”…

[@lucarzewski3455]

“the first ever video about Tool that doesn’t mention the golden ratio, pi, or the fibonacci sequence” Instant thumbs up on the video, lord the joy I felt to hear you say that

[@YogevGabay]

HAHAHHAHA

[@benpalrel]

Man your doing it great 👍. Thank you so much for explaining this and give the world a way to enjoy the music on a deeper level ❤️

[@zetecfreak]

Checking out HAGO now! Nice vid and thanks for the Hago drop!

[@robertpien8708]

This is amazing you unlocked so many possibilities that are ears sometimes over look. When we even try to follow the melody we lose track of the rythem that is dancing over it. This can create a very off setting feeling when we are trying to follow the whole song and understand the Composition or trying to learn to play it. Your lessons are priceless they really help free are minds so we can learn how to create this magic in our playing .

[@Tremtize]

Just introduced me to Hago. And you my dude. Are a saint. Love your stuff.

[@YogevGabay]

OHHHHH love that album. Suuuuuuper dense

[@djsaeg]

damn i played this tune many times with headphones in my drumset and never had any idea what was happening! nice one bro

[@iau]

Love the "Big/Small" notation. It's so easy to grasp and follow. I imagine attempting to write that in standard sheet music would be a pain.

[@therealjzn]

Thanks man! It’s tough to grasp these things with casual listening and you make them so simple. Really cool and insightful.

[@portal432]

Please keep doing these. You’re killing it man. Thank you

[@ondinnonk]

Loved this video, thank you

[@MrZeppelin44]

well im definitely listening to that whole hago album at work tomorrow LOL

[@AidanMmusic96]

This is great Yogev, and I laughed at the Aimee Nolte cameo! It would be cool to see you break down either Mimolle or Sho Shin by PinioL, that band is intense!

[@maurostrachwitz747]

Thank you for this analysis, the "Klezmer Theater" music sounds epic!.

[@thegoatchild3545]

Great video man, Hago sounds really interesting. Will check them out. 👍 I already love TOOL and this was educational. Great job!👍

[@danejacobs6056]

10,000 Days is so underrated, amazing album and I keep finding new discoveries every time I listen to it. I totally missed just about all of this on Jambi so much appreciated analysis... and oh man Hago sounds great, definitely gonna give that a listen!!!

[@ThorsShadow]

10,000 Days is everything but underrated. It's regarded as one of the best albums Tool have ever made. No idea where you get your idea from.

[@TheSquareOnes]

@@ThorsShadow I dunno, I've heard a lot of "not as good as their older stuff" over the years. Maybe that's died down a bit now that they have new album to look down on. Sample size is also going to be an issue in this kind of conversation, we've all probably been exposed to different Tool fans over the years so are going to have heard different opinions.

[@YogevGabay]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@melanphilia]

oh yes,, a fellow human of culture! I personally identify with this song from the album

[@NoisieBastrdd]

i love your content, mate! such a clear way to teach

[@saltysharks1369]

def need a vinyl of that Hago album. That album art would look so sick to display.

[@a.s.henderson483]

Thanks, as always, for the content-yr analyses are the best!

[@YogevGabay]

Much appreciated!

[@merctrias422]

Man, you make my nights soo funny! 🙌🏼🙏🏼 thank you 🙂👍🏽

[@guyliv]

great channel man! i'm really enjoying your videos, it's good to see a fellow israeli drummer that have such passion for good music and keeping metal alive and fresh. keep up the good work my man! P.S i'd love it if you can make a video on Animals As Leaders - Arithmophobia such a difficult song...

[@YogevGabay]

I briefly touched on the intro in this video, towards the end ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZ6TfpaQnpetjtk

[@colinburroughs9871]

cool approach to breaking up meter... this will help make it all click for some dork out there

[@colinburroughs9871]

I should have also noted that the intro.. golden (ratio! tau! Saturn, uhh... 7 repeating 666 times or something... )

[@oswaldochirinosnava3878]

HAHAHAHAHA You earned yourself a Hago fan now! \m/

[@DMFNDreviews]

thank you for introducing me to HAGO ~

[@Henry-ft2ok]

Awesome vid, need more TOOL content on the internet

[@camerontgore]

Thank you, I might have never heard of Hago if not for this video specifically or your channel in general!

[@YogevGabay]

Happy you know now !

[@Nonov_Yurbisniss]

Am I the only one hearing (most of) Tool's 3ɜ as 4+5 (or, in my head, 4+slightly-longer-4)? Like: Dan takataka Dan takatakataka That's how I'd bang my head to it anyway. The other Tool 3ɜ example was more intuitively 3ɜ to me though, so there's that

[@tiltingatwindmills3243]

Not a huge fan of tool but HAD to watch this once I saw the Hago cover on the thumbnail! They (were?) like a blend of BTBAM/Opeth meets Bela Fleck meets TMV. Stellar album! Edit: OMG I just put together that you were the drummer on that album!! Bravo! Seriously, you guys should be so proud of that work! I got to write a review for it when it came out, if I remember correctly it was 9.5/10.

[@YogevGabay]

OHHHHH man that's awesommmeeeeee ! Yeah HAGO was a trip, sadly doesn't exist anymore but that album is out !

[@tiltingatwindmills3243]

@@YogevGabay yes I had a feeling that Hago would be a one time thing since you guys got together at Berklee, but I had been curious what you guys had been up to since college. It’s obvious that school paid off for you! As a guitarist your visual breakdowns of meshuggah, etc. has made me understand the music in a way I never have before. I thank you 👍.

[@YogevGabay]

@@tiltingatwindmills3243 Well thanks a lot ! I've been making some music with Yoel Genin, the main writer behind HAGO, but it's more on the polyrhythmic electronic music side. Maybe you'll like it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4GYe3yQrNGSia8

[@juliogalvao7560]

number 9... number 9.... number 9.... number 9...

[@ShroomRPG]

I see the ending of Jambi("shine on" section) as 3-2-4 personally

[@davidbonar5190]

here's a song with 3 time signatures, 1 host and two guests, trading off guest/host intermittently. 5/8 + 6/8 + 7/8, i think. hard to count :) worth a listen/analysis: "Secret Chiefs 3 - Perichoresis"

[@raphealsisneros195]

Thanks for the video Yogev! I would like to ask if you could check out stimpy lockjaw? They have one amazing album that I think you could have some fun with!

[@vinniereal6461]

Your funny what you said at the end!!

[@anthonypayne2526]

Will check out Hago immediately.

[@YogevGabay]

There are many many rhythmic games there !

[@TheFloatingBartender]

hago im down with that.

[@winoINC]

mate you are genius :) love your vids. Hago sounds lit - Ezekiel live from Berklee is fantastic

[@YogevGabay]

Hell yeah !!

[@amonamarthfan666]

The way you count the bridge in Jambi is so much different than how my band figured it out. And probably easier too. Similar tho, in that we noticed the short and long patterns. “Chugga” (S for short) And “chugga chugga” (L for long) The pattern of combined long and short is hard to remember that way tho. So we wrote S S S L S S L L S L L on one of the drum skins, and around the stage on tape. Lol To this day I can’t play that section without writing that little note to myself as a sort of cheat sheet. Bravo!

[@YogevGabay]

There are many ways to count these songs, do whatever is most comfortable to you !

[@federicozabatta1612]

I have the habit of writing the riffs by reducing the rhythm pattern in the smallest subdivision, and then I group the notes according to their rhythm or melodic pattern. In Jambi, I wrote it as a 2+4+3 pattern in 1/8th note; and the bar in 9/8. I see the guitar's rhythm pattern as a unique ostinato, and so, I take that as a unit of measure enclosed by thay particular bar signature. I just wanted to share with you 👍👍 By the way, AMAZING video!! 👌👌

[@YogevGabay]

There are so many ways to go about this, thanks for sharing yours! I'm always interested in hearing how other people approach this.

[@federicozabatta1612]

@@YogevGabay what I most like about music is the multiple interpretation, both musically and artistically, of a work. Tool always gives to me another reinterpretation of the work (Ænima is another example). Polyrhythm in Tool always complements with the lyrics about the idea of being, somehow, shifted from reality. That's why, when I think about transcribing it, I tend to group musically different the drums, bass and guitar (in different "feel" but with the same amount of pulses).

[@imarioiv]

YES LETS GO YOGEV! THANK YOU! Edit: Nice Seiko by the way

[@YogevGabay]

hahahahaha love that watch

[@michaelhanford8139]

Wow Thank you sir.

[@leonelrojas1516]

I've seen this video 3 times and still don't understand some stuff hahaha, stupid brain... it's an amazing material, THANKS!!!

[@LucasCosta180]

Amazing vídeo again. Would be great if tou made a video about the polyrhythm on "Invincible". This Tool song its amazing.

[@YogevGabay]

For sure

[@DocteurZeuhl]

Funny how I count some of your 3³'s as 4+5. The drums at the end are a no-brainer 4+5 to me, as I take the kick drum (and cymbals?) as a marker. So, to my ears, it's the basic pattern X---xxxx twice, but the second repetition comes with two extra tom hits to reach 9. Thanks a lot for this video, great once again! This 3³2³³1³³ sh*t on Jambi has just gone past me without saying hello, so... please receive my eternal gratitude. Going to listen to Hago, as it seems pretty dope.

[@YogevGabay]

Yeah that's exactly what I meant in the disclaimer. You may hear totally different things than I do!

[@matamus8462]

Its so cool to listen to music using your insights... Thank you very much for your work! Did you release the Hago songs on CD/Vinyl? I wonder how to lay my hands on this hot stuff here in Austria...

[@YogevGabay]

Hi ! Sadly no, it's only online! So Spotify, Apple music, all that

[@ouie-fl4qo]

finally a video that doesn't force a bunch of common math constants down your throat

[@FullMetalHeart_one]

never been able to follow along with the headbanging at the 6:40 sequence, now after reading that like this I feel stupid. Anyway thank you, I guess :)

[@kackers]

it might also be worth noting that, in Jambi, the intro and outro both have the whole band following the accent pattern of "little 3/big 3" as opposed to the "big 3/little 3" that appears in a lot of the rest of the song, that is: "Breathe in u- nion..." 1 2 3 1 2 3

[@kackers]

and as a side note, it might be a cool concept to do a similar video to this where instead of exploring the divisions of 9, you explore the divisions of 11. As far as I know, it's a pretty uncommon time, and right now I can only come up with two examples of a split: - Tool's Right In Two contains both of them actually, and very briefly both over each other at 6:59 in the track, where the guitar is playing 3 3 3 2 in eighths, and the bass is playing 3 2 3 3 twice in sixteenths. that bass part in Right In Two is the only example I can think of that uses the 3 2 3 3 pattern. - I can think of two more examples of the 3 3 3 2: Tool's Rosetta Stoned has a section entirely in 11/8 with that pattern from 2:57 to 5:40, and Primus' aptly named Eleven uses the same pattern for almost the entire song minus a few bars of 9 and 12 here and there I have one other example of 11 and that's in the verses of Mudvayne's Trapped In The Wake Of A Dream, where the bass and guitar play a pattern that goes like xxx-xx-xx-xxxx-xxxxxx-, but it doesn't feel like "4 3 3 5 7" because the drums' main groove mainly just hits kick-snare-kick-snare etc on the quarter notes, with the last snare hit cut in half because of the 11/8 time (it has lots of decoration that fills pretty much all the sixteenths but the main pulse is on the quarters), so i don't really count it Even though I can't think of any other examples of 11 time, I'm not massively into crazy proggy stuff, and i'm sure there are countless music traditions outside of the western music i'm used to that use 11 in interesting ways, it'd be cool to see a video concerning that

[@gilhuberman261]

Nice Plug ;) Hago is an AMAZING album!

[@YogevGabay]

Well thank you sir !

[@DimiKaye]

In greek traditional music 9 is a very common time signature, people dance to it and it goes like : 2,2,2,3. Accent on one, three, five, seven. 8

[@holytaco.]

The name Gefilte Kebab intrigued me because of the Jewish connotation, and when you said it's yours I understood :)

[@fabiosco1]

fantastic video, I didn't know Hago. these times are very mindblowing. do you know the band "Instrumental (adj)"? if not, listen. And thank you very much for explaining in a didactic way.

[@YogevGabay]

I will check it out!

[@drumkitman6431]

Awesome Vid, Can you do the rosetta stoned next?

[@MrOmergabay]

Here ya go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3-XnYlsabpkgKM

[@YogevGabay]

Hopa!

[@sauro3759]

Please explain “A Moment in Time” by Avishai Cohen!❣️

[@TylerHNothing]

learning the part at @6:40 is so fun

[@marcogarbin27]

Amazing!!

[@expansionist4]

There is matta taal expressed in Jambi quite a bit (2, 2, 2, 3) I hear it more that way in the 'big 3/little 3' sections, but maybe that's from my own rhythmic background!

[@kackers]

that's exactly how i hear all those sections too, but i think for me it's born from just headbanging to the quarter notes in each bar starting from the one, but skipping the headbang on "5" because it's far more effort to headbang on that 5 and then immediately an eighth note later on the next bar's 1, than it is to just only headbang 1 2 3 4 and leave the 5 hanging, i feel like i like the rhythm of that a lot more although, that does still fit into the "big 3/little 3" analysis, with 3 "big" quarter note pulses, followed by a single group of 3 "little" eighth notes (though, it's more like 1 dotted quarter)

[@Disco.Wizard]

Dude this Hago music sounds super awesome I definitely wanna check it out, is it up on Bandcamp? I'd prefer to get a hold of it there so I can purchase cos I like to support small artists where I can and I figure buying directly from BC is the best way to do so

[@YogevGabay]

I think it is there yes !

[@alirezabayat6388]

So 6 and 3? nO, BiG 3 aND SmOl 3. Good vid btw, i'm just having a laugh💜.

[@YogevGabay]

hahahaha happy you like it

[@theopinson3851]

The big 3/small 3 concept reminds me of how I was taught when learning Doumbek/Darbuka and traditional Middle Eastern rhythms. Are you Turkish by any chance?

[@YogevGabay]

Nope! Israeli. But I TOTALLY understand what you're saying !

[@theopinson3851]

@@YogevGabay aaah, gotcha.

[@StninkyBoi]

Great video! Would you consider doing Contortionist - Their Dogs Were Astronauts? I'm stumped trying to figure it out!

[@YogevGabay]

I have that on my list !

[@craigburton4447]

You mentioned the golden ratio, Fibonacci and Pi within 10 seconds :)

[@THERAMMSTEINFAN490]

This is the most shameless and seamless advertisement I have EVER seen hahahaa

[@YogevGabay]

HAHAHAH NAILED IT

[@adambenefield5472]

Was just listening to the Hago album while watching Charlie Chaplin. It was perfect!

[@YogevGabay]

hahahaha best comment ever !

[@phrigmonolith]

HAGO is a beast

[@youhell2328]

where can i learn more about Hago? i am obsesed with the only album you guys have, i would love to see gefilte kebab live

[@YogevGabay]

Yo! So sadly we ONLY have one album and the band doesn't exist anymore. It sucks, but yeah :(

[@haraldjohansen1867]

Have a look at Joshua De La Victoria and Matt Garstka's stuff! It is absolutely wild.

[@moonblaze4725]

He already did it

[@Mr._Kagle]

Yep. He has a video where he talks about Iris and Kepler.

[@YogevGabay]

What he said hahaha

[@Rassalcon]

Good timing, I was just listing to Jambi

[@lastbrewfan]

I feel like I'm always having just been listening to Jambi. It's destroying my ability to construct coherent sentences.

[@Rassalcon]

@@lastbrewfan If you can still type out a comment then it can't be that big of a deal, maybe clear your head by listening to your favourite song?

[@Burbah]

On 8:52 you missed Carey's bass drum hitting 6 quartered eights (:

[@mezztube33]

Could you analyze Red by Leprous? Just Love the rythm They play

[@marcusweatherbee8195]

My absolute favorite song by Leprous. Really wish more people reacted to that song. It gets overshadowed a lot unfortunately.

[@whaleguy]

There's another division you didn't mention in Jambi. Not only is there the half time 5-4 breakup, but in the verse, the guitar plays a 4-5 pattern as well.

[@YogevGabay]

Oh! where?

[@whaleguy]

@@YogevGabay The bit in the beginning where the drums hit every third eighth note and Maynard is singing, "Here from the king's mountain view". The guitar plays a 4-5 figure under that 🙂