Drum Lesson: Playing in 7/8 time

[iceman590444]

I'm new to drumming, what does playing in 7/8 mean?

[Alpinestars91]

@iceman590444 Well, basically it's like normally you count 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4 but when you play 7/8 you count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.

[Alpinestars91]

@iceman590444 continued... But instead you count 1 2 3 3,5, 1 2 3 3,5, 1 2 3 3,5. Sorry that must have made no sense at all :)

[lygren]

if dave weckl and vinnie colaiuta had a baby it would be you :) Awesome drumming man!

[tHickman95]

i hate this guys playing style, but he is a good drummer.

[DanLetts97]

I think a lot of people get confused about time signitures. For example, if you take a 3 over 2 poly rhythm... where you'd play quarter note triplets on the right hand and eighth notes on the left hand. A lot of people would think thats a 3/2 time signiture when actually of course it's not. It would be in four... People are funny sometimes.

[slavetothestix2]

Nice Vinnie Colaiuta face at 1:32. :)

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[tzeqin]

when I was a kid trying this, I had to cry coz it's hard. To think Feynman does a 9/10.

I'm so jealous of you., still

[soaper4]

tzeqin-

Is 9/10 possible? I'm pretty sure the bottom number has to be a power of two.

[tzeqin]

Soaper4 - cna't be sure.... my memory is goin. I googled 'Feynman bongo' but doesn't show it the vids -

I think it was somewhere in his books. BUT. That's why they call it compound stuff? Idk, I'm askinjg you

[DanLetts97]

No such thing as a 9/10.... I love it when people say stuff like that. The top number is the beats in the bar...the bottom represents the count that each beat gets. So, quarter notes, eighth notes, or sixteenth nothes. You could have-- 7/4, 7/8, 7/16 etc.

[madpaintbalerx]

@DanLetts97 Yeah, and I also get annoyed when people don't see the difference between divisions of 8 and 4. I had a friend who was teaching me a song for their band on drums, and he said this one part was in 6/8, but in actuality it was 6/4. There IS a difference, especially when changing to it from 4/4.

[tzeqin]

@DanLetts97 - tks for e clarification. But why do you 'love it' when I just seek to learn?

[kidblink11]

@DanLetts97 Actully man any time signature that is not a donomonation of two is called an irational measure. Just most times it can be more legibly written in 4/4 but its much more common in world music. Thanks hope you learned somthing

[MrElias090295]

@DanLetts97 9/10 is possible, only extremely advanced stuff, It's like a tempo change. Lemme show you 9/5 since it's easier to understand. If you play in 4/4 with 100 bpm, and you encounter a bar of 9/5. Then you would hit the tempo similar to your quintuplet tempo and play 9 notes per bar.

[DanLetts97]

@MrElias090295 That made absolutely no sense.. I don't think you understand the basics of music theory. Are you trained??

[PositivelyBored]

@DanLetts97

My favorite is 15/33, it's so fluid and smooth.

[davss5]

@PositivelyBored Did you mean 15/32?

[PositivelyBored]

@davss5

:D no, but that's funny. I was being facetious

[davss5]

@PositivelyBored Thanks for clarifying it...I took it more seriously because I had just read a comment on this video about 9/5 and 9/10 sigs (and this person seems serious)...along with your comment (albeit facetious) - and given that I'm a self-taught drummer with little knowledge about music theory and drum notation - I thought there was an extra dimension of sigs I had not yet encountered!...live and learn..hehe

[davss5]

@DanLetts97 I'm NOT putting down MrElias090295 at all...I'm a self-taught drummer who knows very little about music theory and drum notation - but I was trying to imagine 5th notes (which did not make sense to me)...well, I know that I myself have made mistakes (on YT) seeking to explain (my faulty knowledge of) drum notation...he might still be a good drummer - but, like myself, he may need to learn more about music theory...

[MrElias090295]

@soaper4 It is possible, it's pure math though...

[w9jon]

@tzeqin where is a video of 9/10, i would love to see one. thanks

[FRANKTOPIA]

@tzeqin a 9/10 time signature? i didnt know there were such things as 10th notes..?

[DanLetts97]

@FRANKTOPIA There isn't.... my god, these guys have no clue...it' good for a laugh though.

[sasquatchpatch]

You're an incredible musician! I like your sense of humor and reasoning with rhythm. Really grand, thanks a million!

[germansteel1]

omg! haha

[MrAakesson]

...someone's inspired by Dave Weckl drumming ;-)

[bertbennick]

love that vid I can look at it all day and find something diff every time.

[Listendudeok]

HAHAHAHA I love that interview, best ever

[Davegriffin99]

My mind is blown into the 45th dimension when I hear this. unreal.

[ioeopep]

Dude, this guys is real pro!!!

[obeach]

Thanks for your drumming Steve, I'm an Altered's fan from Italy :) and I'm a drummer too !

amazing stuff

[eman626]

nice...!!! :)

[gerryiam]

GAAAAAGGGH 2 3 4 5 6 7

LMAO. that was classy.

Great playing. i need to look up more of his stuff

[italiarovinata]

Maestro

[benjohnsondrums]

Love your stuff Steve.

[RaulGuereca]

wow thats the key concentrate on the 1 And sing it, not in the seven eight just stay sing the one in the time

[davotheking]

dude knows his chit lol

[RCRhythm]

Wow, you really are a pretty damned good player.

$.02

[HollywoodWags]

You're wonderful.

[Distortion462]

wow...Steve you continue to impress me. No joke.

[rogersat]

hot stuff there at the end

[thinkingcaps]

awesome!

[dmucetti]

burning!!!