5/4 Odd Time Beats - Drum Lessons

[21Rushisaband12]

Best part about 5/4 is that Howard Shore, the film composer who did the Lord of the Rings film, actually had the orcs marching in 5/4 as they approached Minas Tirith

[muszyngr]

Outstanding, I love how you explain what you are about to do before you do it, and how you play at moderate speed, keep it up, we are learning a lot

[TheP00pBandit]

video could have ended at 0:31

[ItalianBandit]

5/4 and like 7/16 and like 99/483 look complicated but if you keep a steady hit on the hi-hat.. it should work out fine.

[lespaul98]

soo sick

[B3NGAG3]

Is it just me or does he look like Napoleon Dynamite?

[MrALIOGLU]

very good,thanks

[PoisonTester]

Is a video that makes you wait half its length before you see the drumming worth watching?

[zhangliao10]

something like mike portnoy

[christopheles]

Good stuff man. Nice of you to put it all online with sheet music as well. Thanks for sharing.

[DocAuch22]

Play 15 step!

[Trollkriger]

i play bass and i've helped drummers with these kinds of time signatures

[MrChrisdrums]

These guys actually are extremely helpful, I mean, free sheet music? Not many people would give you the skin of their shite

[Stewie4guvna]

I'm going to get my drummer to learn this, I want a bit like this in one of the songs we're writing. It's pissing him off atm lol

[SputniksArmy]

@Stewie4guvna if your drummer struggling on something like this then it's pretty bad of him, this is simple opposed to 9/8 or 7/8

[theinck]

snare sounds tasty. nice

[xTheuglytruthx]

how do you get that sound from your mics?

what mics are you using and whats the placement?

my band has a private little studio and we cant get that good of a sound with our limited learning?

some advise would be great

[Kenno9Six]

74 people couldn't quite cope...

[MrIsaacDB]

Wow, I can think of a grand total of 3 songs in 5/4, one of which is an original.. also, ofcourse take 5... Why do you teach this stuff again?  You seem like you came from DCI

[MikeyboyMovies]

Beat 2 reminds me of Ashen Days by Dali's Dilemma, maybe the song is in 5/4

[tamakit123]

wow he just helped me understand time signatures a lot better... so much easier when simple

[555slipknot6sic6]

Advice to people just starting to learn drums, STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM EXPERT VILLAGE!!!!!

[MatthewKOfficial]

@555slipknot6sic6 oh i thought they just try to be funny

[EfdUpPrdctnz]

I don't even play drums and I thought these were simple. 6 takes 2 or 3 times to get down right but overall these aren't hard at all. Try 25/16 <--- Some Meshuggah type shit.

[shararockboy]

beat three is like 15 steps of radiohead :)

[drummerkareemovic]

beat 4 is like the easiest one :p

[DrummerRF]

Beyond this life by Dream Theater has a real interresting 5/4 or 5/8 beat. You guys should check it out!

[DrummerRF]

Beyond this life is a great example of 5/4

[altacert]

Excellent instruction and drummer too. Wow.... Great...

[SayyoSaZ]

Beat four was the easiest one, hahaha. I'm used to doing it, i just never knew what it was called! thanks!

[dirt0jumping]

hey check out Mouse On the Keys - Spectre de Mouse, that is in 5/4 time and it is crazy. I am trying to right out notation for it

[SmurfTube252]

beat 3 circles by incubus!!!!

[Ambrosiation]

on the bass player thing, learn to practice n have a little ambition to push yourself or just you know have some talent

[disesed]

omg who did it? who brought a carrot alive!?!?!

[jordanlannert1]

Your drums sound amazing

[dallimandrum]

i might puke

[Masterfilm15]

hey love the video!!!!

come check my drumming out !!!

peace

[xwinglover]

Where do you learn to count after 5? Drummers have to be so intelligent. I ran out of fingers...... ;)

[BlckSbthMan]

Odd times signatures are probably the most interesting thing I've ever witnessed.

[ThomasMetal75]

How the hell do you add an extra quarter? Oh, thanks Jared., NOT! When you add another quarter you become odd...I mean the time becomes odd!

[discohunter12]

@ThomasMetal75 Welcome to 5/4 where things make no sense, and get you mixed up like crazy.

[EbiNoUmmei]

@ThomasMetal75 That's...kind of the point?

[ThomasMetal75]

@EbiNoUmmei Screw you!

[EbiNoUmmei]

@ThomasMetal75 Hey, 5/4 is easier than, say, 27/16. o:

[S0ulForgeD]

@EbiNoUmmei try 22/7!

[CGDrummer96]

those drums sound amazing :D

[G27dude]

Thanks. Needed a beat for this weird acoustic part I wrote. I didn't know how to make a 5/4 beat. lol

[Redzz454545]

Nick Swardson

[chaboidickdog]

Ya I think megasound is just tryin to piss people off, or hes just really fuckin stupid, either way hes a big douche bag. Good video though! I just played take 5 for my jazz concert at my college, wish I saw this video before the performance haha.

[jangel2771]

Yes good.. Beats to piss off A bass player.

[StakkelsJimm]

@jangel2771 Depends of the bass player ;)

[tonoballs]

@jangel2771 HA

[enchiladaproductionz]

@jangel2771 you mean like murdoc niccols

[ORANGEjoe1511]

@jangel2771 Being confused by 5/4 as a bass player is very very sad.

[my3inchesofblod]

@jangel2771 I believe Its a lot easier to play odd timings on stringed instruments than it is on percussion

[disesed]

@jangel2771 my bass player draws the line at triplets. if i even go near them he refuses to play :)

[NAThan9871]

@jangel2771 Hahahah I know some bass players who could drive you crazy ! :)

[Rizilo]

As a bassist, these beats and rhythms are simple. When you get into percussion bass, you do a lot more complex rhythms.

[MikiSanders91]

@jangel2771

You must be playing with a worthless bassist

[xTheuglytruthx]

@MikiSanders91 lol, any bass player worth his salt can keep with the drummer regargdless of what hes doing right?

[Stewie4guvna]

@jangel2771 A crappy one.

[cursedswordsman]

@jangel2771 :'(

[MrDuckFuk]

@jangel2771 Only a pathetic bassist would get confused.

[MarcosPaccanaro]

@MrDuckFuk agreed.

[punkmusicmetal]

@jangel2771 There are so many cool grooves to be had with 5/4.

[01Jamiedrums]

@jangel2771 Bass Players who can't count to five

[PhrygianKnight]

@jangel2771 hahahaha 

[SunflowerContest]

@jangel2771 , a good drummer never would want that

[maccrazyg5]

I think MEGAS0UND be trollin' people, and so is the joke on him or you for biting?

[TheFlyingBIZKIT]

This guy makes Expert Village look like Shit. Yes, i capitalized Shit.

[danielhl22]

@TheFlyingBIZKIT no you dont

[guyboy625]

1:46

1,3-dibase-2,4-disnare-5-hihat­pentaquartane

[itsmark123]

@travis4450 With music that actually takes skill, is when you need it

[MEGAS0UND]

What kind of Bullshit is this?!?! 5/4 Beat?!?! Who want dance this unreal Rythm?!?! How he want to notation this?!?! Five Quartes in ONE Beat?!?! I think he lives in a Subspace of the Ferengis!! The Ferengis have 5/4 Beats or 9/6 Beats!! Go Home you Dump!! Hahahaaaa

[guyboy625]

@MEGAS0UND lol

[TMTKowalski]

@MEGAS0UND

"Take Five" by Dave Brubeck is in 5/4. Where did you spent your 48 years of life dumb ass? Also, 4/4 is characteristic in Western music but other cultures, for example from Balkans, have odd time signatures in their traditional songs. People were creating songs for centuries in odd time signatures without any musical knowledge and yes, they were DANCING and they DANCE, sing and play nowadays also.The only one who lives in Subspace is you and that Subspace is called butthole.

[MEGAS0UND]

@TMTKowalski: Internet is a Wok of Idiots! Every Full Idiots can express the Braindump in the Public! Internet is not a Improvement for Human. Go back in Elementary School and learn Mathematik for Idiots. Maybe you understand that 5/4 is MORE than 1 :-)) Asshole!! :-}

[GordonCSA]

@MEGAS0UND Amazingly enough, time signatures aren't the same as fractions.

[TMTKowalski]

@MEGAS0UND

If internet is stupid then you are stupid by using it. Read: You called yourself stupid. The worst thing is that you called internet stupid after watching a tutorial video.Yes, I understand that 5/4 is bigger than 1 and by knowing to play 5/4, 9/8, 7/6 rhythms makes me smarter than you because I work with bigger numbers,LOL. Actually, you don't understand anything in music, you even don't know how to write notes in 5/4 time signature, you think that's impossible. Just, STFU

[colourfulwithaU]

@MEGAS0UND

You clearly do not understand time signatures. Let me explain this to you:

A time signature defines the meter of the song. The top number tells you how many beats will be in the measure. The bottom number tells you the value of those beats, where 4=quarter notes, 8=eighth notes, 16=sixteenth notes, and so on. Time signatures are NOT the same as fractions. A 4/4 groove is not any more 'complete' than a 3/4, and a 5/4 is not in any way 'warped'. You are just not used to hearing it.

[studtulloss45]

What's with all the haters? Just because this guy talks out of his nose doesn't mean he's not a great drummer

[hiphoproduction4life]

@travis4450 wejn playing fusion or dream there songs, or perhaps Take Five.

[Kirschthollar]

thats an awesome drum kit

[alecandjulian]

This guys voice makes me want to punch him in the throat..

[finkysoccer256]

wheres the switching to 7/8 6/4 11/8 then 7/16?

[coogski]

he needs a click track lol

[LuukVNL]

I wish these tutorials were in Dutch, I don't understand it very well...D:

[austinwmson]

Yeah, that wasn't 5/4, that was 5/8.

[maccrazyg5]

@austinwmson doesn't that entirely depend on what note values he's chosen to write with on the score?

[mitchem890]

@austinwmson Yea it doesnt matter could be 5/32nds if he wanted. it just depends on how he counts it and the context in which its used in.

[DrummerGrrrl]

This guy looks like Napoleon Dynamite! LOL. However, he's got some great lessons.

[BTayache]

I played Take Five to every beat.

[TheWALOS]

You can also get a 5/4 beat to sound more natural if you play the snare on the sixth 8th note of the bar. That places the snare hit in the middle of the bar, and actually makes for a beat that doesn't sound jumpy or skippy at all.

[gtrherokid]

u use sabian cymbals..... fail

[zilch1823]

@gtrherokid lol sabian makes decent cymbals, though.... whether you like them or not, you can't deny that they're decent simply because you don't prefer them... i don't care for them, either though

[petuniel]

um this is 5/8 imo

[AreaCode978]

Is 5/4 the same as Radiohead's "15 step"? And, when artists write music, does the time signature come right away, or do they come up with some chords, or a groove, and then determine the time sig? Someone respond, please.

[Shaqhawk]

@AreaCode978 The situation depends on some factors. Sometimes people play things that are simply played in a different time, sometimes they want to make a beat/riff in a different time so then the timing comes first. Personally, I play a beat in 4/4 first and then sometime I'll think of an addition to the beat that makes it sound better and different timing. so it goes either way

[AreaCode978]

@Shaqhawk Thanks man. Makes sense now that I'm thinking about it.

[RedSandStudios]

@AreaCode978 A lot of people have a different method. Some people feel very comfortable in other time signatures. Personally, I will often write a drum beat or guitar line and don't even realize until later what time signature it's in. Once I wrote a guitar line and figured out I was playing 5/4, 5/4, 2/4. Other people purposefully write a song in a different meter and then make a big deal about it (like the jazz song Take 5).

[nouefexs2]

"retarded" as he may be like you guys said, i bet no one can play 1/3 of what he plays, myself included, so shut the fuck up and learn something

[lovezpoptartz]

uploaded on my birthday<3

[drumkiter]

called a crotchet....

[aaronedgardrum]

Cool mang!

[JeserNoob]

3:27 sounds like Aerials by System Of A Down?

[ptvanwinden]

@JeserNoob Nothing like it....lol. For a start, Aerials is 4/4.

[MCR4life90210]

:37 epic turn to face camera

[J4m3z1]

Take a look at the sheet music provided.

[dafi723]

great excerise!



[deja0entendu]

Kit sounds amazing.

None of these are complicated, but I'm assuming this would be gold for a beginner. I don't know how you could dislike this video. It's legit, free education.

[rillloudmother]

that second beat is a shoot me now kind of groove or lack thereof. kick snare kick snare hat? epic fail

[rillloudmother]

that second beat is a shoot me now kind of groove or lack thereof.

[payableondrummer]

I'm making my drum-off solo in 5/4 this year

[payableondrummer]

mapex saturn?

[DEEECKED]

I played beat 4 for my band members... they were totally psyched out!

[MUDVAYNE311]

@DEEECKED My band members said I was drunk and stop trying to be special and just fit in. The bass player was especially mad.

[silvertoner1]

thanks for the great lessons!

[DidYourMomOSaurus]

the 1st pattern he played is in the song "long distance runaround" by Yes.

they are the 1st group that i ever heard 5/4 

[subsprawl]

its Jake Busey's evil twin.

[TheKrakenLegend]

What is this snare???

[007WillSch]

Great lesson man

[007WillSch]

He's a buffer napolean dynamite

[JIIIAIIIIMIIIIEIIIS]

is this beginner drum lessons? cuz i suck and i can play better than this

[poplord909]

@JIIIAIIIIMIIIIEIIIS yea it's a beginner 1 

[SuperMatt2397]

@JIIIAIIIIMIIIIEIIIS if you suck, i seriously doubt you can play better than this

[MonsterEatingBoy]

what kind of drums?

[40plusmpg]

Everybody that sucks at drums posts retarded comments... See below..

[wiouxev]

His drums sound amazing!

[BullshitsMike]

Thanks bro, I needed a 5/4 beat for a song in 5/4 (I believe) and the first beat works well.

[swrn90]

kbykn bacot

[Greenie369]

The only song I know in 5/4 time is "WTF" by OK Go.

[musicmaniacmadman]

@Greenie369 and money by pink floyd

[DonkeyManda432]

@musicmaniacmadman money is 7/4

[musicmaniacmadman]

@DonkeyManda432 o shit, thanks

[drummingdeaddudedeni]

@DonkeyManda432 Wait, don't you mean 7/8?

[DonkeyManda432]

@drummingdeaddudedeni i honestly have no idea... i know its on of the two, i just knew it definately wasn't 5/4

[nick58069]

NO I WANNA TAKE IT TO MY KIT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[brainsupremacy]

It's a 5/8!!!!

[MisteriosaVampiria]

@brainsupremacy indeed

[9Skateboard7]

i still dont get this i can play normal beats just fine when I try to make it odd like this it doesnt work!

[Daverza]

Regardless of the homosexual playing it, that kit sounds awesome.

[zuma5278255424]

Weird, I've never taken formal lessons or stuff and I also just play around my kit. I've made a beat that is a apparently 5/4 and a lot more complicated than these, but I find it natural :P

[eduardo13rocha]

Lol why does everybody keep mocking this guy..

[benjowdude]

he reminds me of Jimmy from blades of glory..

[AaronTheJoker420]

Hes like a combination of jon heder and nick swardson

[solconnection2]

It's Jimmy MacElroy from blades of glory!, if you can dream it, you can do it!

[BrainDaddy96]

He sounds like a child predator.

[Th3Art0fRu1n]

This guy reminds me of Nick Swardson.

[PRDrum5]

i think these lessons are great, but all odd signature beats sound best when they're not obviously in an odd time signature. All these beats are obvious. It seems to me like these are just 4/4 grooves, witch you guys have stuck another quarter note on to make it 5/4.

Great introduction to odd time signatures, but a follow up lesson required I think

[TomMark182]

@PRDrum5 Danny Carey of Tool is a master of disguising odd time signatures.

[pokemetalfan]

i love beat 6

[nikooxmaster]

This guy is a really good teacher, I understand all his lessons and I don't even play drums

[JWPMAN1]

@nikooxmaster LOLOLOL thats hilarious!

[michaelmcmichaelson]

I swear it's your voice on my metronome

[sickricksicks66]

this guy gets me hard and i don't like it.

[TheQuigonjohn]

What are you guys talking about, it's Nick Swardson.

[MuckyGhost]

No, man! That's Chazzzzz Michael Michaels! :P

[navenperera]

@zeik741 it doesn't fuckin' matter! He explains well. Be open minded. Fucking cumshot.

[MuckyGhost]

It's Jimmy Macelroy from Blades of Glory! Where's Will Ferral?

[elconijo]

@MuckyGhost hahaha he plays drums for the red hot chilli peppers LMFAO!!!!

[imadorkfish93]

what didi that kit cost

[GGdiskMan]

....beat 4 was easy as ass!

[1d0drum]

@GGdiskMan All of them were!! How he could call any of those "complex" is beyond me. You want complex? Listen to Frank Zappa.

[6midlan]

@1d0drum Because these lessons are meant for beginners who are new to these concepts

[mee11mee]

ill be honest... these videos are a bit dorky. but give him credit. this is a GREAT tutorial.

[Keepitmetal128]

beat 3 is cool

[mcpancakes]

hahahahah "now I don't know if you've ever _heard_ of that before :)" how patronizing.

[futurfry]

I feel seriously good about myself for getting all of these down right away

[StickyInADarkBlueCut]

ha yes i love 5/4

[sceneIs]

i added an extra step whilst i was walking today

it was pretty interesting

[pollymatication]

@sceneIs Are you like one of those people who always takes everything a step too far?

[curtisisgod]

0:09 made me lol.

[chavosucks]

For my Music College, I had to learn a 7/8 Drumbeat with 32ND Note Drum Fills with ghost notes on the groove. I Could already play it but he wants me to have it ready for the class next week hahaha.

[mepwnubigtime1]

is it tricky yet?

HA, he looks like the guy from Starship troopers...."everybody needs a friend like me"