Soundgarden is full of them and I love the way they talk about it. They say the riff comes first, then they apply the time signature, which maybe sounds obvious but I think it’s key to understanding why some prog rock bands that do this sound odd, but these pop songs don’t.
I know they have said “Rusty Cage” shifting time signatures in the long outdo was an accident (someone lost track of the beat), but what a happy accident.
Yup. First odd meter song I ever learned on guitar was Outshined which is in 7/4. Such a monster riff and groove. Room A Thousand Years Wide, even more so!
Yes, very true. Metallica 'Sanitarium' is a great example, the odd meter propels the emotion and tension of the verse, conveying despair. Also some Rush songs are not just in 4/4. Can't recall which.
Whenever I hear about unconventional time signatures Money is always the first song that comes to mind, also it was the first song like that I learned to play
@@maxamillion2140 Yes, Back when "Take Five" was released, the first thing you noticed that it sounded great, but was difficult to dance to. Hmm... there is something different about this song. The track on this video is at a faster tempo than the original. The original is best with the emphasis on each instrument. (especially the drum solo). th-cam.com/video/vmDDOFXSgAs/w-d-xo.html
the intro of "everything in its right place" is so amazing that everytime i hear it i have a rush of adrenaline or something and i forgot what i was doing, captured by this fantastic bass line and the robot sound, then i realize i was watching a video of odd times signatures songs and i have to go back and watch the radiohead part again, and the effect repeats, its like an endless circle of beauty and crazyness
I like the use of time signature changes in "Lateralus" by TOOL. The main distorted riff before the first verse (which is the same riff that plays during the chorus), as well as the solo after the second chorus are all in alternating bars of 9/8, 8/8, and 7/4 time. Coincidentally, the number 987 is a part of the Fibonacci Sequence, a mathematical concept explored lyrically and rhythmically throughout the entire song.
Earlier today I was playing Rain by The Beatles which has two extra beats (half measure) added in the second half of the first verse right before the first chorus. subtle, maybe unnoticeable to untrained ears because its not necessarily an odd signature and only done once. like how you were talking about with Hey Ya the listener isn't thrown off the 2-4. plus ringo's gratuitous drum fill at this moment really makes it and brings the listener back to one without second thought.
This was so cool. I have struggled with time signatures since my early days in symphonic band (40 years ago!). But then in a jam band with friends (30 years ago!), I began to see how much unique time signatures beyond 4/4 would add a great element to the tune. This explained what I felt. Thanks so much for doing this video!
Thanks for an excellent vid Joe! The Grateful Dead played several tunes in odd time signatures. Off the top of my head, these come to mind: Playin' in the Band - 5/4 Estimated Prophet - 7/8 The Eleven - 11/8 (of course, lol)
Awesome demo. As you say, the odd times are well known in Indian Carnatic music and each has a name, such as Hey ya beat is, I think, "Chatusra Jaati ata Taalam". It warms my heart to see these so beautifully used with effect and emotion. Thank you.
Well, Solsburry Hill has this neat time signature twist which I don't find revealed as often as deserved (and which I proudly spotted by myself): not only it is in 7/4, but counts differently in different parts of the song: verse goes 4+3/4 and the main theme counts 3+4/7. I absolutely love it, thanks Peter!
Genesis - Turn It On Again, and the original version of Sting - I Hung My Head. The second one I found interesting when Johnny Cash covered it, he did it 4/4 instead of Sting's 9/8 time.
Thanks so much for the simple explanation in this vid! I didn't realize Mission impossible was in an odd mesure. A revelation! Keep them coming please!
That Andre 3000 Hey Ya fact is even more impressive when you learn that the point of the song is for it to be an unorthodox song that’s talking about struggle on a beat where, he infamously says before the last chorus, you don’t want to listen to the words you just want to dance. And as an artist that hits the heart lol
Interesting. Just listening to it now, and the verses and solo are in 6/8, but they insert an extra beat at the end of the phrase for the instrumental "chorus" part.
Great vid, thanks so much! My favorite time change is in Happiness Is A Warm Gun. In the doo-wop band vamp that outros the song, the band plays 4/4 then 3/4 then back to 4/4--except Ringo, who plays the entire song in 4/4. The disorienting effect in the outro is mesmerizing. Also check out Barbed Wire Love by Dizz Mizz Lizzy.
Sting loves to write in odd signatures. I particularly like that "Seven Days" is in 5/4. Also check out Harbor by Vienna Teng. It goes back and forth between 6/8 and 7/8 (and a couple others).
mouloudo You can’t expect us to know everything can we? I’m quite a fan of a lot of old shows. It’s like expecting Gen X’rs and boomers to know everything that’s going on pop culture wise now
I’ve been hooked on Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano for a few months now. The time signature is impenetrable and I’ve no idea how anyone knows where to sing, dance or play. I’d love to see your analysis.
People make holes in their jeans in the name of fashion, just like that he created holes in his shirts in the name of (your guess is as good as mine) haha
It seems almost all the music I was influenced by in the 1970's used a lot of odd time signatures, then King Crimson reformed in the 1980's and started playing stuff in intertwined 15/16 and 17/16 time and I was mesmerized. I play in odd time signatures naturally and maybe a little too often as it can be tricky to figure out after the fact.
I'm not really a Dead fan but I always liked their song Estimated Prophet because it was in 7/4. Bruce Hornsby's Tango King (an homage to Estimated Prophet) is a fun one in 9/4. A couple that snake back and forth between 4/4 and 3/4: Dave Mason's World in Changes and Stephen Stills Change Partners. Soundgarden: the mid-section of Black Hole Sun is in 9/4, Spoonman is in 7/4. The Spin Doctors' Refrigerator Car A section is 9/8. You guys did hit the biggies I was hoping to be on the list though. Thanks...
Odds are quite common in Balkan region folk music, specifically south Serbia and Macedonia. Some examples: 7/8: Puče puška (featured in movie Zona Zamfirova) 9/8: Niška banja
"Outshined" by Soundgarden. I got way too excited when I finally figured out how to play a 7/4 song on guitar, WITH the added bonus of time signature changes mid-song.
Them Bones by Alice in Chains switches back and forth between two time signatures and is the reason I’m here now to try and better understand different meters. Unlike some of the other examples here it strikes me as very obvious that something unusual is going on with the timing. I love it!
I've always thought songs that can be in a strange time signature without it being overly noticeable are the ones that use the odd timing best. Sufjan Stevens is really good at it. Obviously Radiohead is really good at it.
So many good songs do this. “Once upon a time in the West” (studio version) is one of my favorites. Thank you for helping us who go into shock when we see a larger number above a smaller one.
First, awesome video! Whether you are discussing/teaching odd time signatures, jangle guitar riffs, or whatever, it always comes off great! As far as popular songs w/odd time signatures go, there's also My Way (5/4) and Fell On Black Days (6/4, but feels like an odd time sig) by Soundgarden, and then there's a lot of songs by Rush (like Tom Sawyer, or Subdivisions) and Yes.
Great video! I am glad to see this content. Odd time signatures is a fun topic that is not covered in music theory/composition channels in a great extend. It deserves more attention.
Thank you (whoever you are) for this wonderful video. I had a dispute with a fellow musician when I mentioned 3/3 time signature. He said it doesn't exist. Theoretically, according to modern music notation, he is correct. But I can make it exist! (Which reminds me of the famous composer Claude Chopin. He played a 13th chord on the piano and was reprimanded by his teacher with the words "This chord does not exist." Chopin replied: "I know. Because I just made it." Ha! Let's keep on exploring the unknown - otherwise, how else could we evolve?
Excellent work my Man, a neat trick that i learned to count in odd meters Is to choose a word with the same number of syllables as the Time siganture of chioce, for example : In-ti-mi-da-ting to 5/4 or in-di-vi-du-a-li-ty for 7/8 and so, i'm now i'm not sure if this Will work with any rhythm but i think that's useful to get you started
Great video. What really surprised me about Hey Ya is that the last chord of the progression is Major.... When you played it on guitar I though 'nah, that's not right' but then listened back to the song again and what do ya know!!
I always knew there was something odd about "All You Need Is Love." It just felt wrong. But "Norwegian Wood" in 3/4 sounds great. "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers is 3/4. Thanks for an outstanding lesson in time signatures. Really enjoyed every moment of it.
Excellent episode, Joe! One of the best you´ve presented so far! Thanks a lot for all the info and interesting stuff in this video! Keep 'em coming, please! Congratulations!
Years ago I was walking past a bar and the band was trying to play Solsbury Hill. Something was really wrong. Then I realized they were playing it in 4/4 by adding an extra 8th note on every measure. What the hell? Really?
Great video! I'd love to see a video about the baglama or Turkish/Anatolian folk and pop music in general, especially maybe a bit about scales and theory. Thanks.
That was my first example. Ian Anderson's manager told him to write a hit, so he went to his room and obstinately wrote the furthest thing from a hit he could come up with, a jazzy tune you can't dance to. And it was a hit anyway!
That was the first one I thought of. Disclaimer: I'm a big fan of Van Der Graff Generatorn who often threw dice to decide the time signature. In "Sleepwalkers" you almost run out of fingers and toes counting before deciding it's in 18/8 time.
Not sure I'd consider Everything in it's Right Place a "popular" song, but I'll be damned if I didn't get warm chills when I heard that intro. Nice surprise on this list.
I feel like some Sting should be on this list. So often his songs are in weird meters, which is partly due to Sting's amazing approach to composition, and Vinnie Colaiuta's cleverness at making the odd meter feel so natural that listener's probably wont even notice.
Alright, let's click, how long until Money?
0:01
Hello old friend, we meet again.
HAHAHA on the money there
Same
I think that is THE most famous odd time song
"Just want to clarify that Schism, like all songs, is in 4/4."
- Lars Ulrich
🤭
I thought it alternates between 4/4 and 7/8?
@@adrianvelante8014 r/wooosh
Every few years I check in on that "HE FUCKING LEFT THE BAND!" video to make sure it is still funny, and it always is.
You need a great drummer to make a great band, but to make a cult band you need a shitty drummer, as shown by The Beatles and Metallica.
Fantastic, loved every minute of this. Want more.
Soundgarden is full of them and I love the way they talk about it. They say the riff comes first, then they apply the time signature, which maybe sounds obvious but I think it’s key to understanding why some prog rock bands that do this sound odd, but these pop songs don’t.
The Day I've Tried to Live comes to mind
I know they have said “Rusty Cage” shifting time signatures in the long outdo was an accident (someone lost track of the beat), but what a happy accident.
Yup. First odd meter song I ever learned on guitar was Outshined which is in 7/4. Such a monster riff and groove. Room A Thousand Years Wide, even more so!
Odd time signatures+ super odd tunnings+ super demanding vocals = few people daring to cover them.
Yes, very true.
Metallica 'Sanitarium' is a great example, the odd meter propels the emotion and tension of the verse, conveying despair.
Also some Rush songs are not just in 4/4. Can't recall which.
"The Star Spangled Banner is in waltz time but nobody waltzes to it" - Tom Waits, I think
Tom waits has a lot of weird sayings, I doubt he didn't say that
Whenever I hear about unconventional time signatures Money is always the first song that comes to mind, also it was the first song like that I learned to play
Andrew Pappas Tom Sawyer for me
It's weird. Money is in an odd time signature, but it doesn't FEEL like it is, you know?
It's one of the easiest 7/4 time signature to count for me.
Dave Brubeck for me
@@maxamillion2140
Yes, Back when "Take Five" was released, the first thing you noticed that it sounded great, but was difficult to dance to. Hmm... there is something different about this song. The track on this video is at a faster tempo than the original. The original is best with the emphasis on each instrument. (especially the drum solo). th-cam.com/video/vmDDOFXSgAs/w-d-xo.html
Led Zeppelin’s The Ocean 🌊
An underrated zep tune
Four Sticks. The meter wrap in Black Dog. A few other highlights.
The Crunge.... or Carouselambra with its many parts
My first though for odd time signature! Good call!
The intro of Over the Hills? Or have I lost my mind?
The synth break in Jive Talkin' by the Bee Gees is in 7/4, but the drums play a polymeter in 4/4.
100%, that always threw me off
in Happinnes is a Warm Gun, there is a bit that the chords play at 3/4 but Ringo play at 4/4
Wow I pictured it with the Peter Gabriel melody viewed here by accident and it worked. Freaky.
Wow, this guy is really good at making this accessible and gives off a good vibe in general
More with him please! 👍
the intro of "everything in its right place" is so amazing that everytime i hear it i have a rush of adrenaline or something and i forgot what i was doing, captured by this fantastic bass line and the robot sound, then i realize i was watching a video of odd times signatures songs and i have to go back and watch the radiohead part again, and the effect repeats, its like an endless circle of beauty and crazyness
ok
Just wait until this guy hears about King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Wait until The river solo
And wait till he listens to Polygondwanaland.
Unimportant band.
@@profd65 irrelevant comment
Just wait until this guy figures out what the word "popular" means
I like the use of time signature changes in "Lateralus" by TOOL. The main distorted riff before the first verse (which is the same riff that plays during the chorus), as well as the solo after the second chorus are all in alternating bars of 9/8, 8/8, and 7/4 time. Coincidentally, the number 987 is a part of the Fibonacci Sequence, a mathematical concept explored lyrically and rhythmically throughout the entire song.
Earlier today I was playing Rain by The Beatles which has two extra beats (half measure) added in the second half of the first verse right before the first chorus. subtle, maybe unnoticeable to untrained ears because its not necessarily an odd signature and only done once. like how you were talking about with Hey Ya the listener isn't thrown off the 2-4. plus ringo's gratuitous drum fill at this moment really makes it and brings the listener back to one without second thought.
This was so cool. I have struggled with time signatures since my early days in symphonic band (40 years ago!). But then in a jam band with friends (30 years ago!), I began to see how much unique time signatures beyond 4/4 would add a great element to the tune. This explained what I felt. Thanks so much for doing this video!
I have no idea why anyone would ever give you a thumbs down, people suck! Well thank you I really enjoyed your video
Thanks for an excellent vid Joe!
The Grateful Dead played several tunes in odd time signatures. Off the top of my head, these come to mind:
Playin' in the Band - 5/4
Estimated Prophet - 7/8
The Eleven - 11/8 (of course, lol)
How about Heart's classic "Barracuda"? They toss a bar of 5/4 into the 4/4 verses, plus some 7/8 at the end of the bridge and again for the ending.
Dig a Pony by the Beatles is in a 6/8 time
very interesting
also, Happinnes is a Warm Gun has a ton of time changes
@Sebastian Silver lol no, so 3/4 is 3 notes and the 4 is what type of note, so it’d be 3 quarter notes, so 6/8 is 6 8th notes. the rhythm is different
6/8 isn't an odd time signature
Warm Gun? Oh yeah.
The craziest is Good Morning Good Morning, it changes time signature like every single phrase
Thats why Ringo could not do it Paul plays drums on it
Awesome demo. As you say, the odd times are well known in Indian Carnatic music and each has a name, such as Hey ya beat is, I think, "Chatusra Jaati ata Taalam". It warms my heart to see these so beautifully used with effect and emotion. Thank you.
This dude is a great teacher as well as being a versatile musician ! Crystal clear explanations imo 👍
Great job. One of my other favorites is "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers.
Man, that was fun! And educational! One of my favorite odd-meter songs: "Tattooed Love Boys" by the Pretenders. RIP, Jimmy.
3:16 “quarantine”
We meet again
Well, Solsburry Hill has this neat time signature twist which I don't find revealed as often as deserved (and which I proudly spotted by myself): not only it is in 7/4, but counts differently in different parts of the song: verse goes 4+3/4 and the main theme counts 3+4/7. I absolutely love it, thanks Peter!
Led Zeppelin - Four Sticks - main riff in 5/4
Genesis - Turn It On Again, and the original version of Sting - I Hung My Head. The second one I found interesting when Johnny Cash covered it, he did it 4/4 instead of Sting's 9/8 time.
Dennis Ristow Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire used 11/4 though.
I was hoping for Sting and Soundgarden but still a good list.
Soundgarden was definitely my biggest early odd time signature tutor.
Hounds of winter and I hung my head. Two awesome songs with odd time signatures
Seven Days
really great video!
I love any video that Joe Shadid does! He has a great way of explaining and demoing.
thank ya :)
Thanks so much for the simple explanation in this vid! I didn't realize Mission impossible was in an odd mesure. A revelation! Keep them coming please!
needs a part 2! great stuff
Just getting into odd time signatures and your examples helped my odd travels. Thanks.
That Andre 3000 Hey Ya fact is even more impressive when you learn that the point of the song is for it to be an unorthodox song that’s talking about struggle on a beat where, he infamously says before the last chorus, you don’t want to listen to the words you just want to dance. And as an artist that hits the heart lol
grande continua cosi sempre sul pezzo
Thanks so much! You are a terrific company.
This was amazing.
Love strange metering- keeps it interesting.
I even attempt to "conduct them" that gets crazy too.
Turn it on Again by Genesis is in a great time signature.
Amazing song
Really great song deconstruction ... knew most of them but your commentary smooths out the song. Nice, Joe.
Thank you, I got a lot out of this video. Definitely a very important subject to have a deeper appreciation of things that we can hearing music.
Golden Brown by The Stranglers! one of the best songs of all times btw
How right you are... and it's never recognized either
Interesting. Just listening to it now, and the verses and solo are in 6/8, but they insert an extra beat at the end of the phrase for the instrumental "chorus" part.
...flick back to Dave Brubeck th-cam.com/video/2Qs1J612nZs/w-d-xo.html
Thinking of that what brought me here
Great vid, thanks so much! My favorite time change is in Happiness Is A Warm Gun. In the doo-wop band vamp that outros the song, the band plays 4/4 then 3/4 then back to 4/4--except Ringo, who plays the entire song in 4/4. The disorienting effect in the outro is mesmerizing. Also check out Barbed Wire Love by Dizz Mizz Lizzy.
Sting loves to write in odd signatures. I particularly like that "Seven Days" is in 5/4. Also check out Harbor by Vienna Teng. It goes back and forth between 6/8 and 7/8 (and a couple others).
Yes! Plus “I Hung My Head” which is in 9/8 (broken into 2+3+2+2)
I was today years old when I learned that “Mission Impossible” was originally a show.
Louis Newton The MI TV series was great!
That IS a strange time signature... 'today years old...'
anybody understand this dude @@j_freed
Millenials...
mouloudo You can’t expect us to know everything can we? I’m quite a fan of a lot of old shows. It’s like expecting Gen X’rs and boomers to know everything that’s going on pop culture wise now
Brings back so many memories...thanks for explaining so clearly Joe.
Very Cool Video. Can't wait to experiment with some these time signatures myself. What about I Hung My Head by Sting In 9/8?
I’ve been hooked on Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano for a few months now. The time signature is impenetrable and I’ve no idea how anyone knows where to sing, dance or play. I’d love to see your analysis.
I'm no expert, but I would think Barracuda by Heart has an odd time signature. True?
Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas?
There is nothing impenetrable about the time signature of Prisencolinensinainciusol. It's in 4/4. What's impenetrable are the lyrics.
Nobody can talking about Odd time signature without mentioning Dave Burbeck's Take Five 😎
Can we start a go fund me for him? He clearly needs a new shirt.
People make holes in their jeans in the name of fashion, just like that he created holes in his shirts in the name of (your guess is as good as mine) haha
I had some intense flashbacks to 2017 when I used to wear shirts like that
It seems almost all the music I was influenced by in the 1970's used a lot of odd time signatures, then King Crimson reformed in the 1980's and started playing stuff in intertwined 15/16 and 17/16 time and I was mesmerized. I play in odd time signatures naturally and maybe a little too often as it can be tricky to figure out after the fact.
I'm not really a Dead fan but I always liked their song Estimated Prophet because it was in 7/4. Bruce Hornsby's Tango King (an homage to Estimated Prophet) is a fun one in 9/4. A couple that snake back and forth between 4/4 and 3/4: Dave Mason's World in Changes and Stephen Stills Change Partners. Soundgarden: the mid-section of Black Hole Sun is in 9/4, Spoonman is in 7/4. The Spin Doctors' Refrigerator Car A section is 9/8. You guys did hit the biggies I was hoping to be on the list though. Thanks...
i'm a music lover, but not a musician. this video was wonderful and enlightening. many thanks.
Joe, You have a great voice over voice. + Good video.
why thank ya :) subscribe to my channel for more musics!
Cool video, from one teacher to another I like how you broke this down and made some fun song choices.
Great explanations. Hey Ya is a fascinating one and it explains the feel of it.
Was expecting "The Dance of Eternity"
Smashed the like button as soon as I heard Everything in it's right place by Radiohead. Great video!
Good stuff joe 🤙 tutorial on playing finger style of solsbury hill
great idea! thanks for watching :)
Excellent episode. Bravo.
This was great! Thank you. ( please do more on Odd Time Signatures )
thanks for watching! maybe we'll do a part II
@@JGSHADID Do it! I like Estimated Prophet by some old hippie band...
King gizzard's Polygondwanaland is a treat of odd time signature
Fantastic fucking album!
Not even just that album by them! Nonagon Infinity and pretty much every other album by them features several odd time signatures like 7/8 and 5/8
I see the fourth colouurrr
Stu basically uses 7/8 for “fast” and 5/8 for “slow”
God, that entire album is so fuckin' good.
Nice presentation/explanation..... also, so many Crimson examples to choose from...ex. "Three of a Perfect Pair"
Odds are quite common in Balkan region folk music, specifically south Serbia and Macedonia. Some examples:
7/8: Puče puška (featured in movie Zona Zamfirova)
9/8: Niška banja
The transitions were so smooth
"Outshined" by Soundgarden. I got way too excited when I finally figured out how to play a 7/4 song on guitar, WITH the added bonus of time signature changes mid-song.
Them Bones by Alice in Chains switches back and forth between two time signatures and is the reason I’m here now to try and better understand different meters. Unlike some of the other examples here it strikes me as very obvious that something unusual is going on with the timing. I love it!
Great vid! It left me wanting more song breakdowns.
Love your work, I always remember Golden Brown by The Stranglers as being an interesting time signature
Well THAT was fascinating! VERY well done!
I've always thought songs that can be in a strange time signature without it being overly noticeable are the ones that use the odd timing best.
Sufjan Stevens is really good at it. Obviously Radiohead is really good at it.
So many good songs do this. “Once upon a time in the West” (studio version) is one of my favorites. Thank you for helping us who go into shock when we see a larger number above a smaller one.
First, awesome video! Whether you are discussing/teaching odd time signatures, jangle guitar riffs, or whatever, it always comes off great! As far as popular songs w/odd time signatures go, there's also My Way (5/4) and Fell On Black Days (6/4, but feels like an odd time sig) by Soundgarden, and then there's a lot of songs by Rush (like Tom Sawyer, or Subdivisions) and Yes.
Great video! I am glad to see this content. Odd time signatures is a fun topic that is not covered in music theory/composition channels in a great extend. It deserves more attention.
You're talented and all this is explained very clearly! Thank you for the interesting video :D
Thank you (whoever you are) for this wonderful video. I had a dispute with a fellow musician when I mentioned 3/3 time signature. He said it doesn't exist. Theoretically, according to modern music notation, he is correct. But I can make it exist! (Which reminds me of the famous composer Claude Chopin. He played a 13th chord on the piano and was reprimanded by his teacher with the words "This chord does not exist." Chopin replied: "I know. Because I just made it." Ha! Let's keep on exploring the unknown - otherwise, how else could we evolve?
This is an amazing video! I know nothing about music theory basically and you explained it in a way that was easy to understand. Thanks so much!
Excellent work my Man, a neat trick that i learned to count in odd meters Is to choose a word with the same number of syllables as the Time siganture of chioce, for example : In-ti-mi-da-ting to 5/4 or in-di-vi-du-a-li-ty for 7/8 and so, i'm now i'm not sure if this Will work with any rhythm but i think that's useful to get you started
love this technique. I've also used similar tactics.. like Rob-ert-De-Ni-Ro for quintuplets :)
@@JGSHADID Haha, and now that i think about It you could still use It to sub divide the rhythms
Haha like using Kentucky and Tennessee for split heart sounds 🩺 ❤️
Great video. What really surprised me about Hey Ya is that the last chord of the progression is Major.... When you played it on guitar I though 'nah, that's not right' but then listened back to the song again and what do ya know!!
The verses to Asias Heat of the Moment are in 5/4 and that peeked at number 4 in the hot 100 back in 82.
I always knew there was something odd about "All You Need Is Love." It just felt wrong. But "Norwegian Wood" in 3/4 sounds great. "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers is 3/4.
Thanks for an outstanding lesson in time signatures. Really enjoyed every moment of it.
Excellent episode, Joe! One of the best you´ve presented so far! Thanks a lot for all the info and interesting stuff in this video! Keep 'em coming, please! Congratulations!
Nick Drake's Riverman is in 5/4, which surprised me when i first found out
Your guitar sounds awesome, nice video
Years ago I was walking past a bar and the band was trying to play Solsbury Hill. Something was really wrong. Then I realized they were playing it in 4/4 by adding an extra 8th note on every measure. What the hell? Really?
Great video! I'd love to see a video about the baglama or Turkish/Anatolian folk and pop music in general, especially maybe a bit about scales and theory. Thanks.
Your video is very pleasant and you're probably a great teacher.
Fantastic video! Make more like this
Thanks Joe! You explained and demo-ed odd time signatures very well!
I have the same shirt! Been in my family for generations as well!
Golden brown The Stranglers 3/4 timing blows me away every time I hear it,genius.
Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
Great episode. Does Joe design and produce these himself, or is he just the spokesman/musicman to play them?
There are good examples on Sting "Ten Summoner's Tales" album like "Seven Days"
Loads of Police songs are in funky meter too.
Seven Days is such a good tune
Amazing album
Seven Days is such an incredible tune.
Love is stronger than justice, I was brought to my senses also great tunes in odd meters
Great video. I'm missing "Percolator" by Stereolab. Also, Erasure has a lovely waltz: "The witch in the ditch".
Seven Days by Sting! Such a great song, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, in 5!
Living in the past by Jethro Tull is in 5/4
That was my first example. Ian Anderson's manager told him to write a hit, so he went to his room and obstinately wrote the furthest thing from a hit he could come up with, a jazzy tune you can't dance to. And it was a hit anyway!
That was the first one I thought of. Disclaimer: I'm a big fan of Van Der Graff Generatorn who often threw dice to decide the time signature. In "Sleepwalkers" you almost run out of fingers and toes counting before deciding it's in 18/8 time.
Not sure I'd consider Everything in it's Right Place a "popular" song, but I'll be damned if I didn't get warm chills when I heard that intro. Nice surprise on this list.
Count Seven as “Sev” and it makes it clear that it is only one beat.
I say "sen" or something 'seun" hehe
IMF joke in a video about time signatures? You are my new favorite creator, even if this was done 3 years ago.
Take five is one of the tracks on my edrum.module. love it!😁
I feel like some Sting should be on this list. So often his songs are in weird meters, which is partly due to Sting's amazing approach to composition, and Vinnie Colaiuta's cleverness at making the odd meter feel so natural that listener's probably wont even notice.
“I hung my head” in is 9/8. Sting’s version, that is. When Johnny Cash covered it, he did it in 4/4.