time signatures 1/1, 2/2, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/8, 7/4, 8/8, 9/8, 10/4, 11/2, 12/8, 13/16 & 14/8 exposed

time signatures do they know things what do they know what are they are they useful what do we use them for let's find out but first a word from our sponsors at highlander knives are you looking for the right gift for your significant other this holiday season why don't you go over to highlandershop.com and browse the amazing selection of knives swords and just all kinds of different blades that your loved one will truly appreciate this holiday season remember to use promo code cobb in all caps to get 10 percent off of your online purchase that's promo code cobb all caps for 10 percent off our first time signature one or one whole beat usually indicated in music as one one a whole note a whole entire note with a fermata at the top in written music and the band leader or the conductor usually cues you and you just hold that note out forever like this and you play until they cut it off now 2-2 or cut time as it's commonly known not to be confused with common time which is 4-4 which is essentially the same thing is just counted in two and it's usually this kind of feel one and a two and a one and a two and a one and [Music] it's easier to count in two one two one two then to count one two three four one two three four and that's why something would be written in cut time now three four also known as a waltz in its most basic form [Music] there are little jazz waltz in there for you now that brings us to four four in the world turn this beat [Music] and that's 4 4 brings us to common time the the type of music that's in everything from pop to rock and the list goes on and on and on and on now let's get into our first odd time signature 5'4 usually this is like the most common 5 4 beat that you've ever heard and it's dave rubricks take five and the drummer on this track is joe morello [Music] all right one two three four five one two three four five awesome six eight [Music] sounds something like that that also could be confused with 12a the snare usually falls on beat four of each musical phrase that the drums are doing now that brings us to seven one of my favorites and the demonstration for this we're going to do is rush's limelight and what's neat about this beat is it's mimicking a sixteenth note disco pattern but we're going a measure of four four and a measure of three four and it's going to sound something like this [Music] one two three four five six seven one four five six seven and so on and so forth and that's just one section of that song no no no no no no no so even if you can't count in odd time signatures whether they're subdivided or just stretched out the way i just demonstrated if you can hear the melody in your head while you're playing it that's going to help you out of time just just a little bit of advice for you if you're trying to play any of these that brings us to 88 which is essentially four four and [Music] one two three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight if you find a beat that is in eight eight that's just easier to count mayday or you have some sort of argument that it's easier to note something in eight eight or feel something in eight eight versus four four then please leave a comment otherwise 8a is essentially just 4-4 and the easiest way to play it feel it count it whatever you want to do is in 4-4 9-8 and the example that we're going to use for you today is led zeppelin's the crunch drummer john bonham and the drummer of the beat that was used in the seventh was russia's neil pert r.i.p love you neil love you john bonham now if we take a look at the music for the crunch you'll notice that it starts on a pickup which is technically b5 of the 98 measure so that's going to sound something like [Music] this [Music] so that can be kind of confusing when you're listening to it you're like oh where is the one and it isn't really until the band comes in that you can hear it so i'm going to play what that sounds like for you just starting on beat one of the actual [Music] phrasing [Music] and that's that field and so there's nine our example in ten is in ten four it's a song by nine inch nails called just like you imagine i'm going to count to 10 please count with me and please continue to count to 10 because i just can't do it out loud and play the speed it's really really difficult so with your help please join along one two three four five six seven eight nine ten [Music] this next song is considered to be in 11 if it was in 11 it would be 11 2 it's outcasts hey ya so on and so forth and the beat goes a little bit something like this that phrase could be considered to be in eleven 2 if you want to count the half notes i should say hey [Music] yeah if you just want to count in quarter notes then you have three measures of four four a measure of two four and two measures of four four and this is all about how you wanna count it usually you're just going to count it in four four and you're just going to know where that beat of two four is [Music] hey so there is your 11. uh outcast on time signature geniuses probably and that brings us to the number 12 which is actually a common time signature in music because 12 8 is really just 4 4 subdivided and i'm going to demonstrate that with one of my most favorite beats by one of my most favorite drummers somebody that i actually got to study with mr bernard pretty purdy the world's most recorded drummer and the beat is the purdy shuffle and we can count that in four if we go a one two three four but it's usually written in 12 8 and there's other examples like the 6 8 beat that also it's like is it 6 8 or is it 12 8 it just depends on the music that you're playing or the phrasing of the drumming and all of it there's a great video on 13 16 if you just type that into youtube you can find a really good example but i'm basically stealing that information and telling you that it's just two quarters which is eight sixteenth notes and a bar of five sixteenths which you can subdivide from there and so what that sounds like is one two one two one two three one two one two three four five one two one two three four five and you have something like this [Music] let's make it groovy and there you have it i just played in 13 16 for you wow mind blowing and for our final example we're going to play something in 14 8 as demonstrated by the song whiplash from the movie whiplash if you look very closely at the sheet music in the film it even says that this is in 14 8 at least this version of the song and it sounds a little bit something like in this [Applause] [Music] i hope you liked our demonstration of different time signatures today i hope you got something out of it whether you are a inexperienced drummer or an experienced drummer i hope i gave you a new perspective on approaching time signatures or just knowing about them if you would like more music demystified by the time wizard then please subscribe give this video a like and i hope that you have a wonderful wonderful day and 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Length: 12min 22sec (742 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 15 2020