Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
In this guitar lesson you learn all about odd times signatures or odd meters, like 5/4 and 7/4 time signatures. I'll give you examples from the great bands like Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Sting and the Beatles. In this guitar tutorial we look at composers like Bernstein and Jazz musician like Dave Brubeck and progressive rock guitarists and bands like John Petrucci, Steve Vai, and System of a Down. Learn to play odd meters like 5/4 time signature, 7/4 time signature, 10/4 time signature, 11/8 time signature and the hemiola.
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0:00 Introduction
1:12 What is a time signature
4:10 Introducing odd time signatures
5:29 5/4 meter: Mission Impossible
7:09 5/4 meter - Take 5
8:04 5/4 meter - Passage of Time (LTE)
9:05 7/4 time signature
9:45 7/4 meter - All you need is love
10:49 7/4 meter - Money (Pink Floyd)
11:35 Complex time signatures
11:52 Complex meter - I hung my head (Sting)
12:51 Complex meter - Windows to the soul (Steve Vai)
14:32 Complex meter - Whipping post (Allman Brothers)
15:18 Complex meter - Kid A (Radiohead)
16:15 Complex meter - Question (System of a Down)
17:27 The hemiola - West Side Story (L Bernstein)
18:37 Conclusion
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You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): patreon.com/QJamTracks
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E-books are available here:
QjamTracks.myshopify.com
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Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
Photo Ed Sheeran: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez RT
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Schecter Banshee GT FR (schecterguitars.com/)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
BIAS FX (www.positivegrid.com)
Social Media/contact:
patreon.com/QJamTracks
facebook.com/QJamTracks
instagram.com/QJamTracks
youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
Subjects in this video:
Odd time, Odd time signature, Odd time meter, 5/4 time signature, 7/4 time signature, Odd beat, hemiola, Strange rhythm, Strange beat, Odd time signature lesson, Odd time guitar, Radiohead, Everything in its right place, Windows tot the soul, Steve Vai, Whipping post, Hung my head, Sting, The Liquid tension experiment, John Petrucci, All you need is love, Question system of a down, West side story, Music theory lesson guitar, Music theory, Guitar tutorial, Guitar lesson, Rob van Hal, QJamTracks, Q Jem tracks and Q jam tracks
In this guitar lesson you learn all about odd times signatures or odd meters, like 5/4 and 7/4 time signatures. I'll give you examples from the great bands like Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Sting and the Beatles. In this guitar tutorial we look at composers like Bernstein and Jazz musician like Dave Brubeck and progressive rock guitarists and bands like John Petrucci, Steve Vai, and System of a Down. Learn to play odd meters like 5/4 time signature, 7/4 time signature, 10/4 time signature, 11/8 time signature and the hemiola.
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0:00 Introduction
1:12 What is a time signature
4:10 Introducing odd time signatures
5:29 5/4 meter: Mission Impossible
7:09 5/4 meter - Take 5
8:04 5/4 meter - Passage of Time (LTE)
9:05 7/4 time signature
9:45 7/4 meter - All you need is love
10:49 7/4 meter - Money (Pink Floyd)
11:35 Complex time signatures
11:52 Complex meter - I hung my head (Sting)
12:51 Complex meter - Windows to the soul (Steve Vai)
14:32 Complex meter - Whipping post (Allman Brothers)
15:18 Complex meter - Kid A (Radiohead)
16:15 Complex meter - Question (System of a Down)
17:27 The hemiola - West Side Story (L Bernstein)
18:37 Conclusion
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You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): patreon.com/QJamTracks
------------------------------------------------------
E-books are available here:
QjamTracks.myshopify.com
------------------------------------------------------
Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
Photo Ed Sheeran: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez RT
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Schecter Banshee GT FR (schecterguitars.com/)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
BIAS FX (www.positivegrid.com)
Social Media/contact:
patreon.com/QJamTracks
facebook.com/QJamTracks
instagram.com/QJamTracks
youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
Subjects in this video:
Odd time, Odd time signature, Odd time meter, 5/4 time signature, 7/4 time signature, Odd beat, hemiola, Strange rhythm, Strange beat, Odd time signature lesson, Odd time guitar, Radiohead, Everything in its right place, Windows tot the soul, Steve Vai, Whipping post, Hung my head, Sting, The Liquid tension experiment, John Petrucci, All you need is love, Question system of a down, West side story, Music theory lesson guitar, Music theory, Guitar tutorial, Guitar lesson, Rob van Hal, QJamTracks, Q Jem tracks and Q jam tracks
