Drum Lesson: Playing in 7/8 time

Another clip filmed while giving a drum lesson. This one discusses playing in 7/8 time.

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[bertbennick]

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

[PositivelyBored]

@DanLetts97

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

[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 :)

[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.

[iceman590444]

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

[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.

[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

[PositivelyBored]

@davss5

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

[davss5]

@PositivelyBored Did you mean 15/32?

[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...

[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.