I can’t wait for this video to get to 5.4 million views!! 😂🫨

@TheJopeToons

3 жыл бұрын

Nyt ois sitä videota

@bernardthedisappointedowl6938

3 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy your original music, ^oo^

@marioeagle93

3 жыл бұрын

Why not sponsoring Chord VPN? 🤔

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Mario Battaglia I wish!

@stevenaustin4591

3 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?

the mission impossible theme being based in morse code for MI blows my mind.

@sourisvoleur4854

3 жыл бұрын

The intro to Alan Parsons Project's "Eve" is based on the Morse code for, well, "EVE".

@GRAHAMAUS

3 жыл бұрын

And the theme tune to the TV series "Morse" also taps out M-O-R-S-E in morse...

@mnguyen313

3 жыл бұрын

Rush's "YYZ" 5/4 rhythm in the intro is morse as well. -.-- -.-- --..

@tronlady1

3 жыл бұрын

Me too 🤯

@ronconner9704

3 жыл бұрын

“Everything’s All Right” from Jesus Christ Superstar. Great 5/4 tune.

Fun fact: These are also called “songs that don’t go with Megalovania.”

@hiimemily

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if you're a coward. I'm sure there's a way to add an extra beat to it.

@sheracovington5877

3 жыл бұрын

@@hiimemily you can put any song into any time it just takes a little more work

@sheracovington5877

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry I mean like some beats are stretch and others aren’t if that makes sense

@nallash905

3 жыл бұрын

But there are no such so-

@RoxNoAnne

3 жыл бұрын

@@hiimemily what about polymetric songs

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

11 ай 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

9 ай 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.

@gaborkerenyi4970

5 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

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?

5/4 Time: exists Gorillaz: lets call a song "5/4"

@alleycatdevil

3 жыл бұрын

6/8 time: exists Blink 182: 6/8

@marcotorres7941

3 жыл бұрын

sunny day real estate did this too

@erinlee5336

3 жыл бұрын

Minute Waltz by Chopin? Did you mean 60 second 3/4 by Chopin. (*edited)

@mollysandera991

3 жыл бұрын

7/8 time: exists Yuyoyuppe: "7/8"

@seans758

3 жыл бұрын

yuri on ice: “3+2” & “5+7”

The mission impossible theme just became twice as cool

@willk7184

3 жыл бұрын

So ... 10/8 then?

@or9422

3 жыл бұрын

@@willk7184 if you wanted it to be twice as much, it would be 10/4

@terrymiller111

3 жыл бұрын

@@willk7184 ICWUDT

@TheRealDrJoey

2 жыл бұрын

I knew the guy who played flute with Lalo's band on that.

@thomasflores7817

2 жыл бұрын

You guys are too much

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

@tfg601

Күн бұрын

15+ years wow

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

11 ай бұрын

i would actually call it 10/8 instead of 5/4

@panosmosproductions3230

9 ай бұрын

There are clearly 5 equally based strong beats per measure. 10/8 could have any number of strong and weak beats at any spacing.

@ivoryas1696

Күн бұрын

​@@panosmosproductions3230 Hmmm. _Intense._

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.

@veronicalane1458

2 жыл бұрын

Whilst Ignoring many other genres, that have odd time signatures; including Jazz, Modern Jazz, Rock, Progressive Rock, Classic Rock. etc.

@nut3173

2 жыл бұрын

bad

@lasseheller9863

2 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...

@Whatismusic123

2 жыл бұрын

Sure there is, they are still worse examples though.

@douchebagvampire1283

2 жыл бұрын

@@veronicalane1458 take five is jazz tho...

“Take Five” is the King of 5/4.

@newmancl0

3 жыл бұрын

gotta disagree. Isengard takes the cake. Take Five can have 2nd place :)

@davidfonseca2525

3 жыл бұрын

i can't help it but feel hear it like a bar of 3 and a bar of 2

@ipsurvivor

3 жыл бұрын

@@newmancl0 😻 in music everyone choose their own royalty.

@abraxas546

3 жыл бұрын

dada dada da da

@coloripple

3 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!

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

11 ай бұрын

Watch the drum view of "Clockworks" by Meshuggah, Tomas Haake plays a different time signature per limb at some points

@karhart6663

11 ай бұрын

I love Dom.

@danieldifranco3856

10 ай бұрын

Carter Beauford from Dave Matthews Band does similar things. It makes my brain hurt.

@dreadlordhg360

6 ай бұрын

You're objectively right

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. KZread suggested the video to me today and that brought this back to mind.

@izzytodd4242

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.

Me not being able to actually hear the difference: Interesting

@schievel6047

3 жыл бұрын

At least I not the only one 😋

@hipnofago2102

3 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to understand how it modifies the music (besides the “beats”), how it works, how do it.

@jg1946ify

3 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.

@thejackolantern6489

3 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

@raynatumbeva780

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck if you ever visit Bulgaria. 11/8 and 13/8 are waiting for you.

“Here’s Take Five as a typical waltz” You did it. You took the five

@arevee1441

3 жыл бұрын

I love this comment lol

@danilocoutinho8084

3 жыл бұрын

technically he added the six tho

@Miss_Camel

3 жыл бұрын

I just snorted. lol

@Kaloffee

3 жыл бұрын

Highly underrated comment

@danielvanginkel7081

3 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

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 KZread. Thank you

@DavidBennettPiano

9 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

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.

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_J

3 жыл бұрын

Great pic. King Crimson probably wrote a few 5/4 songs.

@jeffjackson5850

2 жыл бұрын

I listen to gorillaz on the school bus too

@manonmrx2741

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffjackson5850 k

@StealthKey

2 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

@saltysunflowersugar7826

2 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

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.

@bhafferty5184

2 жыл бұрын

same

@connergalles7106

2 жыл бұрын

Eden zero?

@sonictheflexhog6075

2 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.

@zacharywong5301

2 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!

@spoookkyyy

2 жыл бұрын

@@connergalles7106 From Eden, the song in this video.

It's 5.4 million views! Do not watch this video anymore!

@toottoot2756

Күн бұрын

Too late! Now we must go for 54 million!

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

10 ай 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

Being a high school orchestra nerd this blew my mind. They don’t teach me this stuff.

@yoursleepparalysisdemon8216

3 жыл бұрын

I know right? I'm drunk off my ass wishing music theory was this good

@mommat9888

3 жыл бұрын

I think the term youre looking for is "orc dork"

@squeenixu

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly really like 5/4, even made a song in it, but my music is bad sooo uhhh

@Anna-pj8te

3 жыл бұрын

@Dio Brando It’s weird at first, but you quickly get used to it.

@riel8428

3 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.

Mission Impossible’s theme deriving from M.I. in morse code has blown my mind. I’m using that in future quizzes

@stephendevore

3 жыл бұрын

Be nice!

@Endrju333

3 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 :)

@antoniong1449

2 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)

@DaneInTheUS

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!!

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.

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John 😀😀

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

5/4 traumatized me as a 16 year old in marching band playing Mars. years later, I am now slightly less scared

@andyharman3022

3 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?

@hollycasserly2875

3 жыл бұрын

@@andyharman3022 to be fair, i have two left feet and was in pit. RIP everyone else tho

@Smoove_J

3 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.

@johndododoe1411

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the similar Star Wars "Imperial March" is also in 5/4

@AndrewAMartin

3 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...

Mission Impossible theme song being dash, dash (M) + dot, dot (I) = Mind bloooown!

@kellydalstok8900

3 жыл бұрын

Similarly the Inspector Morse tune has the violins play the Morse code for the name Morse.

@michaeleaster1815

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Btw, Rush's YYZ is based on the Morse code for the airport code for Pearson in Toronto (YYZ).

@efmusic04

3 жыл бұрын

It's called the 5/4 clave

@crieverytim

3 жыл бұрын

brilliant move

@MikeB-rr5hh

3 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)

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.

@dylannnnnnnnn

7 ай бұрын

me toooo

@steven6709

3 ай бұрын

It went over my head that "Five" referred to 5/4 time. Guess the title was a musician joke.

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 😊

@Tubes12AX7k

6 ай бұрын

Living in the Past is probably the best song in 5/4 !!

@CrimsonKarl

5 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

@bobbyhilda5880

18 күн бұрын

I love that song (and band)!!

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

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

5 against 4 polymeters always take a bit of processing so I wouldn’t feel bad!

@Batman-zk1jt

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@mammoneymelon

11 ай 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

@IonRuby

6 ай бұрын

its*

@-AAA-147

6 ай бұрын

@@IonRuby been, one week since you looked at me

Him: _This vid is sponsored by NordVPN_ Everyone: >> 10 sec

@shq_main2853

3 жыл бұрын

Me on every KZread sponsor section

@progfox

3 жыл бұрын

@Jennifer Brown. yes

@krokovay.marcell

3 жыл бұрын

@@shq_main2853 except when Stevie T does it

@SlideRSB

3 жыл бұрын

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@justanotherenthusiast1550

3 жыл бұрын

@@SlideRSB they’re not bad but they are pretty expensive

"wonky waltz" is a great phrase

i love how he explains it in a way for people who don't know everything about music can understand and i approve

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

@dadsalad6680

3 жыл бұрын

reading this has made me ever more inclined to believe my ADHD experiences are not unique and in fact universally experienced

@KalilIllinois

3 жыл бұрын

@@dadsalad6680 maybe the repetitive pattern repeated through the entire video (under the guise of different songs) heightens your concentration

@dadsalad6680

3 жыл бұрын

@@KalilIllinois many point were made here!

@99query

3 жыл бұрын

thats it

@madieatsbees3434

3 жыл бұрын

Same- and I didn't have to rewind certain parts multiple times from zoning out

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.

@BREAKocean

2 жыл бұрын

what kind of music you and your laddies be playing?

@Zesteas

2 жыл бұрын

@@BREAKocean penis music

@rayres1074

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?

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

9 ай бұрын

I've always said add half of the note's value, but that works, too.

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 :)

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!

@torstenatterberg5788

3 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)

@GrandisSilva

3 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.

@carltonwillingham

3 жыл бұрын

when i heard all of the other examples i kept singing closure but i thought i was wrong

@Wind-nj5xz

3 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

@GrandisSilva

3 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.

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.

@amedeacatpaw5987

2 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!!

@dylan4142

2 жыл бұрын

omg i loved the ni no kuni 2 soundtrack glad to see it being talked about 😭😭

@CoingamerFL

2 жыл бұрын

5/4 is super fascinating, plus a flex if you manage to make a song with it. I know i couldnt.

@protonjones54

2 жыл бұрын

>kingdom hearts 🤮🤮

@sparklight0964

2 жыл бұрын

@@protonjones54 ? KH has some good composers idk what ur talking about

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

11 ай бұрын

Living in the Past was my second (Dave Brubeck's Take 5 being the first)

@bobbyhilda5880

18 күн бұрын

Same for me😊

Folklore and Evermore are such great albums, shows what she can do if it's not all about hit singles.

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."

@massimookissed1023

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, _Baker Street._

@eye_man

3 жыл бұрын

@@massimookissed1023 lol

@lenaeospeixinhos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@scottdenby290

2 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

I never actually noticed Mission Impossibile theme is in 5/4! Almost all these songs feel so natural!

@petervanderwaart1138

3 жыл бұрын

Using 5/4 keeps it from being a march.

@babayaga1767

3 жыл бұрын

U2 started in 5/4 then switched to 4/4

@marioeagle93

3 жыл бұрын

@E. O. And the main reason why is they add more tension. But again it felt so "normal"

@spaceowl5957

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like it’s super common in movie soundtracks

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. :)

Take Five: Nah Take 3+2: Ah yes much better

@pastorgaara2165

3 жыл бұрын

indeed

@shep6964

3 жыл бұрын

Obtain the sum of the numbers 2, and 3.

@frds_skce

3 жыл бұрын

Take 4+1: Am I a joke to you?

@checkYVELLUAP

3 жыл бұрын

take 1.5+1.5+1+1

@AndrewAMartin

3 жыл бұрын

@@checkYVELLUAP That's Mission: Impossible...

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 💯

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

😁😁

@smithjohn383

3 жыл бұрын

Not only a mind reader but a time traveling mind reader. Making this video has taken several days or weeks even.

@lukebarrile3840

3 жыл бұрын

If you're looking for more, Come On Feel the Illinoise pt 1 by sufjan stevens is in 5/4

@loganwilbur5131

3 жыл бұрын

THE ALGORITHM. It's that good 😁

@AsrielKujo

3 жыл бұрын

In classical music listen to Kapustin prelude 13, amazing piano 5/4 time signature piece

I love how Take Five is such a classic that hearing it arranged in a more common time signature feels so cursed

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.

"Played by a drum machine." Well, that's not a nice thing to call Phil Selway.

@wjtowers

3 жыл бұрын

Actually I’d find that a compliment

@doctormojo

3 жыл бұрын

@@wjtowers Someone once asked Steve Cropper if he'd ever played with a drum machine, and he said, 'Yeah, Al Jackson'.

@ieuanphillips4963

3 жыл бұрын

Phil selway is a good drum machine and CR78 is a great drummer

@crieverytim

3 жыл бұрын

isn't it though?

@cristianconstantinescu7264

3 жыл бұрын

@@ieuanphillips4963 who knows his stuff knows his stuff no? Yorke needed 2 drummers to play his home made drum machine tracks.

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.mility2333

3 жыл бұрын

I feel you 🤣🤣🤣

@agtac76

3 жыл бұрын

You're not the only one. :)

@sand-in-the-timepiece9836

3 жыл бұрын

Okay, glad to know I'm not alone XD

@im8591

3 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)

@whytho7475

3 жыл бұрын

@@im8591 I’m 17

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.

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 kzread.info/head/PLg5398vrnsp_3FMV235-jL4U0-SXXNFEp

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Morning Bell 😃

@pranavlotlikar3816

3 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 😅

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

@@pranavlotlikar3816 No worries! And thanks for taking the time to make a playlist of them all!

@user-tw2pu7ex9k

3 жыл бұрын

7:51 gorillaz 5/4

@infinitedonuts9929

3 жыл бұрын

You forgot Gorillaz.

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

@AndrewAMartin

3 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...

@pinkajou656

3 жыл бұрын

They’re likely all referencing mission impossible

@dwachsmuth

3 жыл бұрын

Ant-Man is actually 7/4, but the composer did say that he chose an odd time signature to reference MI.

Loved hearing Take 5 in 3/4. 🎉 Thanks for your uploads. Been a while, forgot about you!

This helped me understand why sometimes different versions of the same songs are so hard to keep up with

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)_

@quidditch1991

2 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’.

@rescue270

2 жыл бұрын

"In the Past" by Jethro Tull.

@ZackAcciari

2 жыл бұрын

Where can I find the cover version of River man that he used in the video??? I can’t find it on KZread or Spotify :(

@davispoole2005

2 жыл бұрын

🙏

@cameronhughez

2 жыл бұрын

slow dancing in a burning room john mayer??

it really can’t be a david bennett video without a radiohead reference

@colejohnson66

3 жыл бұрын

Or Beatles!

@hippyronn

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah there wasn't any Beatles song! could this be a first?? I trust David had looked for one

@Dr0p0fahat

3 жыл бұрын

@@hippyronn "Don't Let Me Down" and "Happiness is a Warm Gun" both briefly flirt with 5/4 time.

@-AAA-147

3 жыл бұрын

Radiohead are the Dark Souls of music.

@gi5089

3 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

This vid is on 5.4 million views rn. You did it man

@DavidBennettPiano

4 ай бұрын

😊😊😊😊😊

Great examples! Really loved the mix of tracks, and it was very cool to hear yours, too!

There's polymetre in another one of Taylor Swift's songs called "Closure". Alternating between 4/4 and 5/4.

@louisahayriyan5781

3 жыл бұрын

Where is it 4/4?

@guitarfreakzzz015

3 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

@angelinebena9675

3 жыл бұрын

@@louisahayriyan5781 most songs are 4/4

@louisahayriyan5781

3 жыл бұрын

@@angelinebena9675 i meant something different

@angelinebena9675

3 жыл бұрын

@@louisahayriyan5781 oops sorry I read it wrong

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

@mehna3469

3 жыл бұрын

if this song isn't popular then that's so underrated :( it's a bop

@womblechops

3 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.

I watched all of this, I understood nothing, but it was explained concisely. Musicians understanding this is a great gift.

Really enjoying your videos. I don’t play an instrument but I can appreciate your insights that others might already know.

That's very interesting at 3:17. I never knew the "Mission: Impossible" theme's rhythm was inspired by Morse code.

@paulfaust1496

3 жыл бұрын

So is YYZ by Rush - . - - / - . - - / - - . .

@guessundheit6494

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulfaust1496 And in 5/4 time.

@daneng3641

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulfaust1496 Saw this comment and thought there's a 0% chance someone doesn't mention YYZ. Thanks for not disappointing.

@chrispaul6290

3 жыл бұрын

same here

@nonewanted

3 жыл бұрын

Mind blown

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.

@leontius5502

2 жыл бұрын

will wood listeners unite!

@leowahlqvist5347

2 жыл бұрын

ive always thought that the ending was in 6/8?

@natqevalhiindisguise141

2 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.

@mayah2397

2 жыл бұрын

didn't expect to see a will wood mention here! good stuff

@meadowsin

2 жыл бұрын

*applause*

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.

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

The only TS song that came to my mind being 5/4 was Tolerate It and I was damn right

@isabellah1158

2 жыл бұрын

closure is also in 5/4

@saving_graciela9203

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@Mare416

2 жыл бұрын

@@isabellah1158 Yeah, I was thinking closure as well

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.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I need to mention Snarky Puppy in a video at some point!

@ashleycai5558

3 жыл бұрын

that’s my favorite song from once!

@muenchhausenmusic

3 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 😆

@carlysimpson9518

3 жыл бұрын

Lingus SLAPS!!!!

@davidf6326

3 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 😆

This was such a fun video! 5/4 was always one of my favorite time signatures to play, but I was never taught any music theory so it's really nice to learn about how it works mechanically.

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!

I actually prefer to think of that song at the end in 5/8

@mehere8299

3 жыл бұрын

5/128 we die like men

@shanechenmusic1804

3 жыл бұрын

@@mehere8299 5/32768 is much better

@ZlothZloth

3 жыл бұрын

@@shanechenmusic1804 5/1 - the wholey signature

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.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I’ve never noticed that!

@elisabethcait2948

3 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

@hanakosan4404

3 жыл бұрын

The Incredibles theme reminds me very much of Mission Impossible

A very good explanation. I look forward to watching more of your videos.

Wow, thanks for video! These songs are somehow so satisfying.

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

@LucyWest370

2 жыл бұрын

6/9

@no_name_idea7386

2 жыл бұрын

@@LucyWest370 holy shi

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.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃😃😃

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.

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!

@bobbyhilda5880

18 күн бұрын

Yes, the single arrived in 1969 and the album came in 1972.

You're the music teacher i was looking for.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@colatf2

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I knew WHAT 5/4 meant, but I didn’t know HOW it affected the music so thanks

@pinkajou656

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano yes me too! Thank you!

@angrykrabs9968

3 жыл бұрын

His teaching is better than my music teacher

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.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

I just discovered that one! Great to see a pop star playing with odd time signatures!

@j_0anna

3 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

@frogandtoady

3 жыл бұрын

I actually expected closure to be in this video instead of tolerate it haha

David Bennet, I like the piece you wrote and this video was really interesting. Thank you for sharing them.

Bro you deserve more subscribers! So much effort in each video! I learn so much!

Finding songs that use 5/4 time will be mission impossible...

@junatan25

3 жыл бұрын

Slow slow fast fast

@tourist1665

3 жыл бұрын

King gizzard and the lizard wizard want to your location

@JD-pr1et

3 жыл бұрын

Try prog rock

@Selvikus

3 жыл бұрын

The joke here is that mission impossible’s theme is in 5/4 lol

@lancecahill5486

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, only Take Five (seconds)

Oh man, that origin of the Mission Impossible theme is soooo cool. It's the ultimate musical easter egg.

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!

Awesome video. Really liked all the examples and demonstrations! Thank you for making such a easily understood musical breakdown!

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

Take Five in 3/4 is cursed

first video ive seen on this channel. i'm hooked within 45 seconds well done mate

Love seeing polymetre being used! I played a piece in my representative band in high school that had woodwind and percussion in 3/4 and the brass in 4/4 (or something similar, it was at least 5 years ago!) The conductors score had the different time signatures written in so our conductor had to decide which time signature to conduct in while queueing the first beat of every bar for the other section 😂

@MKDumas1981

9 ай бұрын

Just conduct in 6 or 12. 😂

*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)

@Surenil

2 жыл бұрын

I scrolled through the whole comments section looking for this! Thank you!

@DarrylConliffe

2 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! 😉

@reishiboo

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!!

I literally learned so much more than I ever did in chorus. You are a natural teacher & I appreciate this video so much!

My choir performed 'Take Five' once, and practice was pure horror in the beginning! So many inexperienced singers couldn't for their life count right. The hardest part was starting to sing again after the instrumental and holding the notes for the correct number of beats.

@Louganda

Жыл бұрын

Sing?

@marleymeow1701

Жыл бұрын

I assume it’s an acapella rendition of the instrumental or they’re singing the lyrics that Al Jarreau created.

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq

Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine what it would have been like. With this great explanation at hand, however, it would have been far easier, wouldn't it?

@leebarbs7176

Жыл бұрын

I'm a bass player & even I struggle to pin when the vocals kick in lol by far hardest part of the song imo

@deleted_why

Жыл бұрын

>searching lyrics...

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!

It's amazing how KZread recommended this wonder to me just now. Great job my dear friend.

You did a really job explaining this to someone like me with cursory musical knowledge, because I'd always feel like I *mostly* understood your explanation, except for maybe one detail, and then you'd immediately transition into addressing that uncertain detail. So you know how to catch an unread person up to speed quickly enough that they can immediately start applying what they've learned only minutes before. This happened with Taylor Swift's notation not cleanly fitting into 5/4 before explaining how 10/4 addresses that, as well as with how some people prefer 5/8 over 5/4 for situations where the tempo is too high to cleanly hear a piece in 5/4.

@DaMaLoJo

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! That struck me as well. Really thoughtful video.

@angelerror4086

Жыл бұрын

He really indeed did a really job

One of my favorite 5/4s is "Everything's Alright" from the Rice and Webber musical "Jesus Christ Superstar." Depending on the lyrics and the soloist, it swings from calming/relaxing to confrontational/stressful.

@helenchelmicka3028

2 жыл бұрын

ALW said he wrote that specifically to see if he could write in 5/4 🙂

@ToddPierzina

2 жыл бұрын

The Temple is, I think, in 7/4. It’s amazing the tension that builds with every measure.

Such a complete and informative video, i thought it would be only tge songs but it is also a constructed in depth analysis. Have my like. Animals is sooo underrated, one of the best songs in the T2L. Love how Radiohead always uses different chords and time signatures.

As a classical musician I never got to know popular music well. I always considered it simple and quickly boring. Thanks to your video I see now that popular music can deserve a lot of respect!