Yesssssssss please do a series on the theory of rythym, it's a topic I've struggled with forever and your videos are always very accessible and understandable. Thank you!
1:34 Lalo Schifrin said he used that rhythm because of - wait for it - Morse Code! (the rhythm, - - . . , spells out MI) The 6/4 rhythm on screen at about 8:15 is used in "America" from "West Side Story."
Interesting how having the longer notes before the shorter ones makes a stronger groove. Perhaps it derives from that sensation of gaining momentum at the end.
@@tellyaddict TIL that syncope is a linguistic term as well a medical symptom. Eliding the occasional syllable is much less dangerous than losing consciousness in most situations.
Hey!!your videos are one better then the other,and yes,I think you should make more theory videos on rhythm because it is a topic guitarists have difficulty...I also reach and learn about from you man!!thank you so much for your time in doing all this!🎸🤘🙂
Yes, please. A series on rhythm would be excellent. Two great, possibly parallel tracks, one on theory, and one practical. A video on how to find the beat would also help those of us who are rhythmically challenged.
Peter Whitworth 0 seconds ago I love the way you explain complicated easy I like the writing on a board your Idea ,it gives me time to digest what you are conveying and seeing what you are saying helps me remember it
Please make more videos like this about rhythm. The best thing about your videos is your approach and the way you uniquely understand and explain these topics. Really helpful. I sent the link to this video to 2 friends before I even finished watching it. Great Job !!!! Keep Rocking....
more videos on rhythm and theory about rhythm? yes please! ☺️ also, loving your channel. I've had formal instruction in music theory, getting back into serious music making (as apposed to just playing for fun) and I'm finding your videos are a great refresher and in learning things i weather either totally forgot and or learning new things.
I just found your channel for the first time and I have to say this is one of the best explanations / analysis of musical time signatures I've ever seen. Keep up the good work!
0:59... absolutely. I love 5/4. ...and switching from it to 4/4 or 3/4 yields so many awesome options. 5/4 was common in the nineties...and that's one reason I liked that decade a lot. Thanks.
Fascinating. I understood some of this video, but not all of it. I've always have had a problem with rhythm and this will help. I will have to download this video so I can go over and over it again until it sinks in my thick scull. Keep up the good work.
If it's all the same to you, I would prefer that you watch the video over and over on UA-cam rather than downloading it, so that UA-cam will count these views. Having more views is the only way I have to grow this channel, and so if you like this video I would appreciate your help (if it's not a major inconvenience) Thanks!
If you guys are interested in music in odd time signatures you should check traditional music from bulgaria, macedonia, greece and in general folk and art music forms from the balkans and the middle east east. The lack of harmony allowed musicians and composers to focus and develop sophisticated rhythms and time signatures. I personally find it amazing.
Another fun example is the early Journey song "I'm Gonna Leave You". The main riff inspired part of "Carry On Wayward Son", but the solo sections are over a 5/4 groove. (well, it's 3 measures of 5 and one of 6) The bassline for this part is a lot of fun.
Blue Rondo a la Turk. 2-2-2-3. Very groovy. In high school I went to a clinic taught by Dizzy Gillespie. He said the same thing you did. Break it into 2's and 3's. Well done!
Just rewatched the original movie. After appreciating the old song very much I found myself here. Tomorrow I'm calling my bandmate to start a new composition that utilizes this groove. Wish us luck. Thanks for the video!
Amazing theory on this topic. I can't wait to see your other videos. Loved it. Much success on your channel.
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Great!!! I now understand why breton "gavotte" danse is so groovy. Despite it is written with two 4/4 measures we have the rythm you describe : a 3 + 3 + 2 accents
Thank you. More rhythm-related videos would be magnificent because it's definetely a topic I've always been struggling with and it seems I'm not able to figure it out on my own and your content is really great to get the 'how' and 'why' smth works.
Just've watched a 1st episode of Philarmonia TV series with "Mission impossible played" by classical orchestra yesterday and today I saw this video in my recommended videos :)
This reminds me of a song I wrote a while back as an experiment for writing in 7/8... Not deliberately, the main riff wound up being 6 bars of 7/8 as 4+3, then one bar as 3+4, then one bar of 4/4 as 4+4, then looping back. Now watching this video, I understand what my ear was wanting to create was a grove with the six bars, followed by tension with the flip, and resolution with the 4+4. I love all of your videos, but I felt like this one helped me understand myself a lot.
3+3+2 is the rhythm of the bass during the bridge of King Crimson's instrumental "Red". I second (or third, or 23rd) the motion for videos on rhythm, especially "good" rhythms for melody lines. Note: Most of these videos have material that I'm familiar with, but Tommaso gives a different viewpoint, which can be valuable for advanced musicians. That's what makes a teacher a great teacher!
Thanks for this video. Yes, I'd like to see more videos on rhythm, please. Why should the drummers have all that fun?! Another common time signature you didn't mention at the beginning that shows up in a lot of pop music is 12/8. Your 3+3+2 version of 4/4 is the basis of a lot of Latin styles like Bossa Nova. For simplicity, I like to think of it as 8/8 or even 16/8 when the pattern is 3+3+2+2+3+3 which you sometimes see in Bossa Nova. Besides guitar, I also play trumpet in a concert band where I see a lot of interesting rhythm changes.
Oh, please! Do it, do it! I started a composition in 4. Then, I perceived some interesting accents that came naturally. I changed the rhythm signature to 3. But, the "antecedent phrase" still insisted on showing me a different division. That's when I got the message. The rhythmic signature that the song wanted was actually a 6/4. I will be very glad in learning your classes of rhythmn. I am sure I can count on you. Thanks.
Excellent explanation of what can be a subject that’s difficult to grasp. Love the teaching style; you obviously understand the subject very well because you are able to abstract the essential aspects for your intended audience. Thank you very much & best wishes. Eric 🙏🏾👍😊🌈
More videos on rhythm would be amazing. :) I'd love to learn more about off time signatures too. I hadn't thought about splitting 5/4 the ways you did, so I'm excited to try that out in my own work. Thank you for the videos and the information.
Please do more of these time signature videos! As someone mentioned, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) has some very interesting rhythms I would enjoy understanding.
I have big problems notating rhythm - when I whistle or play some melody I don't know what rhythm it is, don't even know which note is what beat (if there is any pickup notes). So I watch most videos I come across about rhythm (which are not made for absolute beginners - which most are). This was a great video where one really gets a feeling about how this rhythm work. I watch most of your videos - I would appreciate more about rhythm.
You can even create a novel measure signature with conjunct 5/8 and 6/8 measures: 5+6 = 11 or 5+5+6+5 = 21. For another, the 10/8 signature can be divided into this cool rhythm: o o x o o x o o x o ❤️❤️❤️
great video, tomaso! i beg you do some more! and please teach us how to recognize the time signature in a song; sometimes i get lost in counting and following the song becomes problematic, sometimes i really don’t know how and where to start the counting. one example is sting’s “i hung my head”. even if i learnt it is in 9/8,i found it very difficult to count wheni listen to it (i wonder how stings’s musicians pull it through, hahaha)... so, please, teach us how to get familiarized with these odd time signatures, so that we can quickly recognize and reproduce them on our instrument.
Jethro Tull use 5/4 (or 10/8) in Living in the Past and Thick as a Brick. Check out various 7/4 sigs and please especially check out Caravan's Auberge du Sanglier which is a groovy 19/8.
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This video came to me in the right time (of course, because it is a video about rhythm). Anyway, please do series of videos like this. Thank you, man.
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best explanation of syncopation. the dotted quarter followed by quarter.
Yesssssssss please do a series on the theory of rythym, it's a topic I've struggled with forever and your videos are always very accessible and understandable. Thank you!
I second that!
1:34 Lalo Schifrin said he used that rhythm because of - wait for it - Morse Code! (the rhythm, - - . . , spells out MI)
The 6/4 rhythm on screen at about 8:15 is used in "America" from "West Side Story."
breaking down this with such an iconic riff is a lesson in great teaching)
Interesting how having the longer notes before the shorter ones makes a stronger groove. Perhaps it derives from that sensation of gaining momentum at the end.
That's what I was thinking!
That makes so much sense!
I agree. The how music is perceived is a really interesting subject & relates to many other areas of life.
Well, that's *syncope* !
@@tellyaddict TIL that syncope is a linguistic term as well a medical symptom. Eliding the occasional syllable is much less dangerous than losing consciousness in most situations.
Excellent video! Enjoyed how you explain the use of these time signatures and rhythms! Would love the see more on groove analysis.
Hey!!your videos are one better then the other,and yes,I think you should make more theory videos on rhythm because it is a topic guitarists have difficulty...I also reach and learn about from you man!!thank you so much for your time in doing all this!🎸🤘🙂
Yes, please. A series on rhythm would be excellent. Two great, possibly parallel tracks, one on theory, and one practical. A video on how to find the beat would also help those of us who are rhythmically challenged.
Don't forget one of the most famous in rock: the intro to *White* *Room*
Peter Whitworth
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I love the way you explain complicated easy
I like the writing on a board your
Idea ,it gives me time to digest what you are conveying and seeing what you are saying helps me remember it
Bravissimo Tommaso! aspetto ansiosamente altri video sul ritmo sull'argomento
Please make more videos for time signatures and rhythms
I appreciate the explanation on rhythm from 02:36!
Thank you!
Please make more videos like this about rhythm. The best thing about your videos is your approach and the way you uniquely understand and explain these topics. Really helpful. I sent the link to this video to 2 friends before I even finished watching it. Great Job !!!! Keep Rocking....
more videos on rhythm and theory about rhythm? yes please! ☺️ also, loving your channel. I've had formal instruction in music theory, getting back into serious music making (as apposed to just playing for fun) and I'm finding your videos are a great refresher and in learning things i weather either totally forgot and or learning new things.
You are awarded a doctorate in musical physiology. Regards
I just found your channel for the first time and I have to say this is one of the best explanations / analysis of musical time signatures I've ever seen. Keep up the good work!
0:59... absolutely. I love 5/4. ...and switching from it to 4/4 or 3/4 yields so many awesome options.
5/4 was common in the nineties...and that's one reason I liked that decade a lot. Thanks.
Great channel! Love your content. Please continues with this rhythm series. I would love to see more of it
Best music theory channel.
Fascinating. I understood some of this video, but not all of it. I've always have had a problem with rhythm and this will help. I will have to download this video so I can go over and over it again until it sinks in my thick scull.
Keep up the good work.
If it's all the same to you, I would prefer that you watch the video over and over on UA-cam rather than downloading it, so that UA-cam will count these views. Having more views is the only way I have to grow this channel, and so if you like this video I would appreciate your help (if it's not a major inconvenience) Thanks!
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar I'll give it a try. Thanks for telling me this.
LafayetteLeSaint the key is counting and knowing where there are three or two beats
Yessssss, sir! Please post more videos about rhythm and time signatures!
If you guys are interested in music in odd time signatures you should check traditional music from bulgaria, macedonia, greece and in general folk and art music forms from the balkans and the middle east east. The lack of harmony allowed musicians and composers to focus and develop sophisticated rhythms and time signatures. I personally find it amazing.
I find it interesting how the development of regional musics gives priority to different aspects as a way of creating musical interest.
Another fun example is the early Journey song "I'm Gonna Leave You". The main riff inspired part of "Carry On Wayward Son", but the solo sections are over a 5/4 groove. (well, it's 3 measures of 5 and one of 6) The bassline for this part is a lot of fun.
Wonderful, thanks again Tommaso for a easy to understand explanation. Now, off to overanalyze all the rhythms of everything I listen to
Thumbs up , and how this guy speaks , the accent is just fantastic
Absolutely please do!
Would really help apply to guitar solos.
Blue Rondo a la Turk. 2-2-2-3. Very groovy. In high school I went to a clinic taught by Dizzy Gillespie. He said the same thing you did. Break it into 2's and 3's. Well done!
Very simple, so makes it interesting to learn. Can you please make more? Thanks in advance.
Just rewatched the original movie. After appreciating the old song very much I found myself here. Tomorrow I'm calling my bandmate to start a new composition that utilizes this groove. Wish us luck. Thanks for the video!
Yes, please. More videos on rhythm theory would be great ! Maybe even polyrhythms, especially 5/4. Thanks and great video as always
Absolutely please do more videos about rhythm! I love unorthodox rhythms, syncopation, and polyrhythms.
Yes please do more videos on rhythm and rhythm theory.
Yes, we'd like more videos from you on rhythm! Your videos are always worth watching, very clearly explained and helpful.
Amazing theory on this topic. I can't wait to see your other videos. Loved it. Much success on your channel.
Great!!! I now understand why breton "gavotte" danse is so groovy. Despite it is written with two 4/4 measures we have the rythm you describe : a 3 + 3 + 2 accents
Just noticed: the 6/4 example (or is it 12/8 :-)) at about 08:25 is used in West Side Story / America: Tadada Tadada Tada Tada Tada.
A clip of Dave Brubeck made me happy - the whole album has some interesting time signatures - especially "Blue Rondo a'la Turk"
Thank you. More rhythm-related videos would be magnificent because it's definetely a topic I've always been struggling with and it seems I'm not able to figure it out on my own and your content is really great to get the 'how' and 'why' smth works.
Any time signature can groove. One has to know where it splits into sections of 2, and/or 3
The pocket!
We need more information like this thanks.
yes please more videos on this！
Just've watched a 1st episode of Philarmonia TV series with "Mission impossible played" by classical orchestra yesterday and today I saw this video in my recommended videos :)
Awesome video. Yes, I am very interested in getting deeper about rhythm. I think is the most important part of music. Please, do more! Thanks!!
Awesome Tommaso... Please make more videos on Time Signatures
Yes on rhythm vids! Thanks for the great instruction!
This reminds me of a song I wrote a while back as an experiment for writing in 7/8... Not deliberately, the main riff wound up being 6 bars of 7/8 as 4+3, then one bar as 3+4, then one bar of 4/4 as 4+4, then looping back. Now watching this video, I understand what my ear was wanting to create was a grove with the six bars, followed by tension with the flip, and resolution with the 4+4.
I love all of your videos, but I felt like this one helped me understand myself a lot.
3+3+2 is the rhythm of the bass during the bridge of King Crimson's instrumental "Red".
I second (or third, or 23rd) the motion for videos on rhythm, especially "good" rhythms for melody lines.
Note: Most of these videos have material that I'm familiar with, but Tommaso gives a different viewpoint, which can be valuable for advanced musicians. That's what makes a teacher a great teacher!
Thanks for this video. Yes, I'd like to see more videos on rhythm, please. Why should the drummers have all that fun?!
Another common time signature you didn't mention at the beginning that shows up in a lot of pop music is 12/8. Your 3+3+2 version of 4/4 is the basis of a lot of Latin styles like Bossa Nova. For simplicity, I like to think of it as 8/8 or even 16/8 when the pattern is 3+3+2+2+3+3 which you sometimes see in Bossa Nova. Besides guitar, I also play trumpet in a concert band where I see a lot of interesting rhythm changes.
Please Tommaso, more videos like this! Rhythm is so important and so overlooked!
Oh, please! Do it, do it! I started a composition in 4. Then, I perceived some interesting accents that came naturally. I changed the rhythm signature to 3. But, the "antecedent phrase" still insisted on showing me a different division. That's when I got the message. The rhythmic signature that the song wanted was actually a 6/4. I will be very glad in learning your classes of rhythmn. I am sure I can count on you. Thanks.
Thank you for this video . I would love more such in depth videos from you on rhythm.
Excellent explanation of what can be a subject that’s difficult to grasp. Love the teaching style; you obviously understand the subject very well because you are able to abstract the essential aspects for your intended audience. Thank you very much & best wishes. Eric 🙏🏾👍😊🌈
Please ! more rhythms or even a book covering the subject. Thanks
It would certainly be wonderful exploring more of this topic! Great video! Bravissimo!!
More videos on rhythm would be amazing. :) I'd love to learn more about off time signatures too. I hadn't thought about splitting 5/4 the ways you did, so I'm excited to try that out in my own work. Thank you for the videos and the information.
Awesome! I love your teaching, please more rythms
Fantastic explanation and visuals... very helpful.
Best explanation of 5/4 time I have seen. Great job, yes please more.
Mostly use 5/4... Love it with triplet feel...also 11/8 another fav..nice video 😁✔️
yes, i would be interested in more videos about rhythm ! this video was really helpful and interesting ! :D
Congrats! Very useful information in this video. Please continue with this kind of videos and, once again, congratulations for the very good channel
A very greatful student. Thank you!
You are amazingly genius! Love the way you teach.
I loved this video. Thank you so much!
That will be great to make more of this type of theory video s thanks
You're Working soo hard with thous markers... I'm apricciate it
Please make more videos on rhythm! This video is great!
Please make more of these rhythm video
Good video about rythm and Groove. You should make some more! Thanks
Thank you for your wonderful videos! Fun to watch, and I learn something new from you every time. Grazie mille!
Please do a series on rhythm theory. this vid is great.
Yes boss please make more videos like this. Love your teaching and videos so it would be great!
Fantastic video and channel!
Buongiorno, Tommaso. Video eccellente. Yes, I would be interested in more rithm theory. Grazie e a presto.
Please do more of these time signature videos! As someone mentioned, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) has some very interesting rhythms I would enjoy understanding.
Great informative video, please make many more including one on poly rhythms
would love to see more videos about rythem, its fantastic!
Thanks for the video! Good to have some rhythm theory for once. Hope to see more in the future
I have big problems notating rhythm - when I whistle or play some melody I don't know what rhythm it is, don't even know which note is what beat (if there is any pickup notes). So I watch most videos I come across about rhythm (which are not made for absolute beginners - which most are). This was a great video where one really gets a feeling about how this rhythm work. I watch most of your videos - I would appreciate more about rhythm.
This would be great to explore more. I’m terrible at rhythm, and have been working on it but it’s still super hard.
I never heard that one about big numbers before small number in the accent order before - priceless. Top vid.
Yeah, it would be awesome if you show us more videos like that
Yes please..and thank for this theory of rhythm..👌
Yes! More rhythm videos, please. Fascinating!
Yes! More of this please.
This is brilliant. I'd love more videos on Rhythm!
Sure YES! More rhythm topics around here would be great!!
Definitely more rhythm theory, yes, please!
You can even create a novel measure signature with conjunct 5/8 and 6/8 measures: 5+6 = 11 or 5+5+6+5 = 21.
For another, the 10/8 signature can be divided into this cool rhythm: o o x o o x o o x o ❤️❤️❤️
I really liked the lesson Sir. Thank you.
Yes please make more videos on rhythm thank you!!!
Very good video!!! please do more on rhythm theory -- I now understand the "Groovy Cadence"!!!
This was super helpful!!! Thank you.
Absolutely invaluable video. Thank you!
Excellent way to demonstrate this.
Subscribed!
You are a good teacher!! 👍🏻
great video, tomaso! i beg you do some more! and please teach us how to recognize the time signature in a song; sometimes i get lost in counting and following the song becomes problematic, sometimes i really don’t know how and where to start the counting. one example is sting’s “i hung my head”. even if i learnt it is in 9/8,i found it very difficult to count wheni listen to it (i wonder how stings’s musicians pull it through, hahaha)... so, please, teach us how to get familiarized with these odd time signatures, so that we can quickly recognize and reproduce them on our instrument.
Jethro Tull use 5/4 (or 10/8) in Living in the Past and Thick as a Brick.
Check out various 7/4 sigs and please especially check out Caravan's Auberge du Sanglier which is a groovy 19/8.
This video came to me in the right time (of course, because it is a video about rhythm).
Anyway, please do series of videos like this. Thank you, man.
More on this topic, please. 🙏