7/4 & King Gizzard - Let’s Talk About It

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LINKS & CREDITS
Here's a link to a really good explainer video on odd time signatures including 7/4 & 7/8 :
“Understanding and Using Odd Time Signatures - 6 Examples” by Jake Lizzio for Signals Music Studio:
• Understanding and Usin...
(The videos by Jake Lizzio are actually the best. If you're interested in music stuff and curious to fill some gaps in your knowledge, check him out. This channel can't get enough praise imo.)
Septuple Meter on Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septupl...
Btw There’s one King Gizzard song on this list and it’s The River, which doesn’t even use sevens :P
“17 Essential Songs In 7/4” article by Christopher R. Weingarten:
www.stereogum.com/2034893/17-...
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Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline) ( • Broken Social Scene - ... )
Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky - "Anatomy of a Track" video by Johannes Lampert ( • The Anatomy of: Animal... )
Check out his channel over here ( / @anatomyofatrack )
Todd Terje - Alfonso Muskedunder
( • TODD TERJE - Alfonso M... )
(it's a cool song in septuple meter that i cut from the video cuz i didn't have anything interesting to say about it)
Radiohead - Paranoid Android ( • Radiohead - Paranoid A... )
Sufjan Stevens - Dear Mr. Supercomputer ( • Sufjan Stevens - Dear ... )
“Because It’s There” (A review of Sufjan Stevens’ ‘The Avalanche’) by Jessica Hopper:
www.chicagoreader.com/chicago...
Pink Floyd - Money ( • Pink Floyd - Money (Of... )
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KING GIZZARD VIDS featured in Part 3
credits and links
in order of first appearance
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Live in Sydney | Full Concert’ - by Moshcam
( • King Gizzard & The Liz... )
(Robot Stop* (featured twice), Mr. Beat)
‘binky doesn't understand microtones’ by the one and only king gizzard and the shitpost wizard
( • binky doesn't understa... )
(Flying Microtonal Banana)
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)’ - by KEXP
( • King Gizzard & The Liz... )
(The Wheel, Crumbling Castle, Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet* (featured twice), The Fourth Colour)
‘King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Cranes, Planes, Migraines (Bass Cover with Play Along Tabs)’ - by Amedeo S
( • King Gizzard and The L... )
(Cranes, Planes & Migraines)
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Live at Cabaret Vert(25.08.2016) HD’ - by angelsilva54
( • King Gizzard & The Liz... )
(Evil Death Roll, Invisible Face, Road Train)
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard “The Lord Of Lightning” 04/17/17 - CONAN on TBS’ - by Team Coco
( • Video )
(Lord of Lightning* [featured twice])
‘King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - The Great Chain of Being live - Adelaide 2018’ - by Joni S
( • King Gizzard And The L... )
(The Great Chain of Being)
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)’ - by KEXP
( • King Gizzard & The Liz... )
(Altered Beast III, Altered Beast IV)
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Han-Tyumi & The Murder Of The Universe’ - by Flightless Records
( • King Gizzard & The Liz... )
(Murder of the Universe)
‘King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Rolling Stoned (Bass Cover with Tabs & Chords)’ by Amadeo S
( • King Gizzard and The L... )
(Rolling Stoned)
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - live at Lowlands 2018’ - by 3voor12
( • King Gizzard & The Liz... )
(Digital Black, Vomit Coffin)
Tracks included without video:
Horology, A Journey to (S)Hell, D-Day
Tracks that do have 7/4, 7/8 but weren't included in this project for no particular reason:
Han-Tyumi The Confused Cyborg
The Floating Fire
TIMESTAMPS
Part 1 - Some Context: 0:00
Part 2 - The Open Door: 5:50
Part 3 - King Gizz 7/4 and 7/8 Supercut: 10:43
Outro: 16:48

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8 июл 2024

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@highimpactsexualviolence5512 4 года назад

King Gizzard make such good use of odd time signatures that you hardly even notice it half the time... It's seriously impressive.

@AnthonyScottKern 5 лет назад

There’s also 7 members in the band. It was meant to be.

@nicolasriveros943 5 лет назад

Holy shit , I just got my mind blown

@cpeterso 4 года назад

I'm left to wonder why we're not singing the praises of how heptagon infinity opens the door

@lalalalexie 4 года назад

RUN THE JEWELS

@jasonnewbury1479 4 года назад

@@GazzyW007 Han Tyumi and his protein munt machine.

@TheIndogamer 4 года назад

FYI according to Muslims, 7 is seen as a holy number as there are a lot, I meant a shitton, of things composed of 7 things in Islam and in this universe. King Gizzard is possibly a holy band too then

@adenowirus 5 лет назад

RU-vid: A video with bunch of King Gizzard songs in it Me: "Ah shit, here we go again"

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

@Cosmoclaste 5 лет назад

I just want to listen to every album back to back now....

@MrCweave12 5 лет назад

@@Cosmoclaste it's worth it

@clochardcie9653 5 лет назад

Same here ^^

@The1stMrJohn 4 года назад

As a newbie to King G and Co it's super exciting still😱😵😁😎

@dillonseiler4922 5 лет назад

Wow, I never knew they used 7/4 and 7/8 so much. Its amazing how natural it feels in so many of their songs like Lord of Lightning and The Wheel. Heck they make a 7/4 and 7/8 polyrythym feel completely natural in the Fourth Color

@dillonparker6624 5 лет назад

Dillon Seiler please spell your name differently

@rollingon5566 5 лет назад

As a massive gizz fan, writing stuff in 7/4 and 7/8 became surprisingly easier than expected because playing it was so natural with it being in my internal clock

@taronson15 5 лет назад

7/4 over 7/8 is not a polyrythm...

@beanzthumbz 5 лет назад

A 7/4 and 7/8 polyrhythm would just be a 2:1 polyrhythm, haha

@beanzthumbz 5 лет назад

The pattern shown in the video sounds more like a 7/16, with the semi-quavers broken up into 2+2+3 if you listen to the drum beat. The really fucked up part is when the pulsing vocals come in (the video cuts off before this happens). This little vocal bit repeats every 4 semiquavers, so yeah this is a 7:4 polyrhythm! It cycles through twice before going into the bridge, pretty insane.

@rhythmjones 5 лет назад

Stu is a music theory savant.

@zoppo2377 3 года назад

This is my favorite youtube comment and i don't know why. Whenever I come back to this video i also come back to this comment

@Tookastudios 2 года назад

@poopgun 8 месяцев назад

too bad he cant write anything meaningful that actually elicits any significant emotion

@rhythmjones 8 месяцев назад

@@poopgun LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@michelg3811 4 месяца назад

@@poopgun ayooo neither can you and yet, you aren’t famous. Evil death roll towards you 😊

@Pepelivingston77 5 лет назад

4/4 song: *exists* The Fourth Colour: HOLD MY BEER

@brianreynolds6897 4 года назад

@@jaydyer6682 hold my sandwich

@mylo9753 2 года назад

There’s something so satisfying about 7/4, like you think it’s gonna be off beat something but it always works, I love it

@collinmoran8125 2 года назад

Once I missed a beat

@mylo9753 4 месяца назад

@@collinmoran8125 I only missed a beat

@user-sd6jz9tf8w 5 лет назад

8 /4 = thanks for the video 7 / 4 = thanks for the

@crieverytim 5 лет назад

well, 'thanks for the vide'

@wesleyalan9179 5 лет назад

Haha

@ericprincessdragon1356 4 года назад

4/4 (8 eighth notes) "I thank you for the video I thank you for the video" etc... 7/8 "I thank you for the vi-dee I thank you for the vi-dee" etc... or just "Thank you for the video thank you for the video" c:

@lalalalexie 4 года назад

4 4 1 3 4 4 1 3 4 then start

@amigara_ 4 года назад

debbie downer here.. 8/4 is not a time signature

@GreenLeaf5656 5 лет назад

7/8 and 7/4 has always felt hypnotic and psychedelic at least to me. its a beat that when done right it swings right back into itself, which may sound "lopsided" to some but personally i love it.

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Before this project I genuinely didn't see what the "upside" was - why it's worth taking the risk - but yeah, now I totally agree XD

@gravygravyjosh 5 лет назад

7 really works for fast paced jams and moshes because you have to follow every beat, if you chill and try to bop to the 2nd beat you'll miss beat 1. So its kinda punishing and encourages more movement in crowds. There's a push/pull to it. The more chill, progy/jazzy instances are less intense/physical so it feels more like a mental exercise, which I like too

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Dang! That's so true - thanks Jay that's a really helpful framework!

@arturcm10 3 года назад

You must really enjoy Self-Immolate then

@jakehorne5662 3 года назад

@@arturcm10 or honey!

@arturcm10 3 года назад

@@jakehorne5662 true

@TheJamesDittemore 5 лет назад

That Wikipedia article is a horrible representation of songs in 7. Rush, Tool, and Dream Theater have way more songs in 7 than the Grateful Dead

@mugwump7049 4 года назад

And Tool just released even more on their new album.

@The1stMrJohn 4 года назад

Every time I click on Wikipedia it either contains information that is WRONG, or doesn't contain the stuff I'm looking for. It's only good for prompting ones memory for stuff one already knows😀

@wispycirrus9907 4 года назад

Not to mention Money by Pink Floyd isn't on the list

@cakeash 4 года назад

@@wispycirrus9907 it is

@Xx_BoogieBomber_xX 4 года назад

@@cakeash The comment was made 2 months ago, it could've been added since then

@stephenkamienski4051 5 лет назад

just speculating, but I think the influence of non-western music, where odd time is more present, definitely played a role. they've always drawn influence from world music and i think definitely immersed themselves in middle eastern music when prepping for the microtonal banana album, and probably internalized a lot of those rhythms which bled into the songwriting.

@Reversed82 5 лет назад

i think they use especially 7/4 so much because it feels natural when combined with their often (i feel like any way) kraut rock type rhythms (like e.g. in evil death roll) where the kick and hat are in a pretty straight, consistent pattern, resulting in a more groovy but still kraut-rock style beat. honestly i think they don't get enough credit for the insane rhythms in polygondwanaland, especially in crumbling castle, the 7 against 6 in and 5 against 4 ( i think) in the transitions are absolutely nuts

@movimentodoscacos 5 лет назад

I love the way they use it in Mr. Beat, alternating with the 8/8

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

For real! So seamless and bouncy

@colinedmunds2238 5 лет назад

Missed a beat

@Zedigan 5 лет назад

7/4 and 7/8 is like running on a treadmill at full speed with a bed of sharp barbed wire behind you. It FORCES you to keep your head bobbing and grooving. It's falling down the stairs with style. You cannot miss a beat when it sounds like a missed beat. Great video, subbed!

@mistymorning7816 5 лет назад

Great video. The Gizz are masters of song writing. They make odd time signatures sound so good and flow so well with each instrument, especially on Polygondwanaland with complex polyrythms and beautiful melodies.

@darchendon7926 4 года назад

Don't forget the lyrics too Fancy words that aren't out of place

@TheAnthraxBiology 5 лет назад

Tbh it's actually really common. Jazz and classical musicians love it, psych rock and prog rock uses it a lot too. So as time signatures outside of the regulars, it's pretty common. Only 2/2, 2/4, 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 are really common. And even then 3/4, 2/2, and 6/8 would be more common in traditional dance music. 5/4 is one that jazz and classical musicians mess with. It's also common in Balkan dance music. However, The River by King Gizz is the first time I've ever heard a pattern like that with it...it's REALLY creative. I've found that in a lot of their 7/4 songs they construct riffs that play on all 7 beats. It's not always the case but they do it a lot. Whereas The River makes it harder to pick out its 5/4 time because they don't play on each beat. And most composers I know tend to take on odd time signatures a lot just because...well when you've practiced for thousands and thousands of hours, 4/4 and 3/4 are just...boring. They're predictable. You feel like you're falling into a formula and it's harder to set yourself apart from others. I also felt like I was stagnating in my abilities to play my instruments, and I wasn't being as creative when coming up with riffs or themes. Time signatures are a restriction. Restrictions can breed creativity. So if you give yourself a restriction that's less common, you stand out more.

@LilianTheNinkasi 5 лет назад

Can we highlight the fact that they are now known worldwide while having an album about a vomiting cyborg? Also, music people, what is the time signature on Head On/Pill?

@Pwneglyph 5 лет назад

Didn't listen to the whole song, but i'm pretty sure at least 85% of it is in 4/4. The other 15% is for the parts that I skipped. There are some tricky parts that seem odd but they aren't.

@bencollins51 5 лет назад

Such an epic fucking song. In my top 5 gizzards might be second only to fourth colour.

@moka8267 4 года назад

It's all in 4/4

@AndresinhoRM 3 года назад

It's 4/4 Fun fact: Their first (or one of the first) odd time signature experiment is in that same album. Title track, Float Along - Fill Your Lungs, wich is in 5/8. Fun fact about the fun fact: Lucas, their bassist, had his own side project back in 2013, Atolls, and he released a song called Old Rosie which has a really, REALLY similar melody. And a similar odd time signature. Intro is 4 bars of 11/8 or 6/8 + 5/8. Followed by a part with 3 bars of 5/8 + 1 bar of 6/8. Really interesting. It was released in April, 2013 and FAFYL was released September, 2013. Guess we'll never know which one was conceived first. It really don't matter, I'm just curious because of their similarities.

@uselessgeneral1299 2 года назад

@@AndresinhoRM Apparently that time signature came from stu listening to the alarm that went off in his car cause he left the headlights on. he didnt realise it until a while later when he heard the alarm again and realised that was the same as that song

@tiputanicastillo7547 5 лет назад

If you want to hear more songs in 7 you should listen to a lot of 70s prog rock

@andrewboos-hartig6206 5 лет назад

He listed the bands you are thinking of and the amount they wrote. GD had the most with 3. Dream theater used 5 a lot alternating with 4s but do your own research. Dont listen to this guy. Or me or anyone.

@alchemykitchen777 5 лет назад

or jazz

@TheGoobsters 5 лет назад

@@andrewboos-hartig6206 the list is incomprehensive. Does not exhaust the actual existing tracks in those time signatures, being that Wikipedia is relies on user submissions

@intelligentshitpastinginc 5 лет назад

I'll start ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PwrUR8LVcb4.html

@chinmeysway 5 лет назад

Andrés J. Castillo Esquivel CAN

@SirChris314 5 лет назад

I always felt like the weird lopsided beat in Lord of Lightning made it sound more like a fight

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Epic

@RalphLindsen 4 года назад

I love how low key complicated the music is but you don't really notice it much cause they're not showing off. It just feels they think it's fun to play.

@hippolytes3542 2 года назад

I love the way the list of tracks starts and ends with Robot Stop, you get a loop like Nonagon Infinity

@tysontyrrell9185 4 года назад

I've been trying to understand why it is I like strange tunes and bands like King Gizz. Then when you mentioned the Dead it all started to make sense. Thank you for DROPPING THE NUCLEAR FUSION for my mind

@calcite_dragon Месяц назад

The sevens are my favorite thing to explore. I will love 7/8 until the day I die. Invisible face is pure gold to me.

@insederec 5 лет назад

Actually to answer the "17 essential" comment, as I learned in a web design class, odd numbers in titles get more clicks than even numbers

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Huh! There you go! How cool and strange

@gordonbennett4135 5 лет назад

"tool have 1 and a bit" yeah nah there's way more

@daroachdoggjr7497 4 года назад

I found this video around a year ago. It was my first introduction to king gizz and I couldn’t be more grateful. King gizz is now my absolute favorite band. Thank you, kind stranger, for inadvertently showing me such wonderful music

@daveconnor6174 4 года назад

@dowlrod66 5 лет назад

I say this all the time, band of the decade

@andriigladun6358 5 лет назад

Three recurring things that they do are: 1) using groupings of two dotted 8th and four 8th noted like this: |O-O-O-O-O--O--| (Bonus point, if you take away two 8th notes, you get a good 5/4 rhythm O-O-O--O-- ) 2) Using a straight kick-snare pattern that goes over two bars making them essentially a one 14/4 bar: |K-S-K-S-K-S-K-|S-K-S-K-S-K-S-| 3) Using any kind of polyrhythm over 7 that diverts attention from the underlying pattern.

@AoChile 4 года назад

And not only odd time signatures but also a lot of polymetering that they use throughout the whole Polygondwanaland album, or the 6/4 over 7/8 at the end of The Fourth Colour, or the 4/4 over 5/4 in Plastic Boogie. Nice vid.

@LeonsHarmonica 5 лет назад

Amazingly crafted video on a topic that has needed to be talked about for years! Well done Dave

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Thanks pal - enjoyin your vids now! You got me thinkin about picking up a harmonica :P

@sabinejordan3110 3 года назад

I love this video. It explains so much. Would love to see an updated version of this video that includes any new 7/4 or 7/8 songs. I think KG is my most favorite band of all time.

@daveconnor6174 3 года назад

Workin on it! Hopefully that'll come out at some point :)

@awryawree 5 лет назад

part of the reason they have so many 7/4 songs is due to their use of the motif in nonagon infinity! plus the theme of polygondwanaland seems to be polyrhythms, which invites the use of goofy time signatures. i think the boys just like writing in 7/4- it's fun and it meshes well with their style. they do 9/4 and 11/4 and 5/4 a lot too, it kind of goes with the territory. (you can find a ton of 9/4 in nonagon infinity, which is fitting).

@zombieguitar 3 года назад

This was a great video man. I am now super interested in exploring 7's. Thanks for posting!!

@fist3484 5 лет назад

I was surprised to not see King Crimson's Frame by Frame mentioned in this video.

@tomreader594 5 лет назад

What a song! What an album!

@The1nd0nly 5 лет назад

I really loved the video, keep up the great content!

@ignaeon 4 года назад

10:08 was not expecting the shitpost wizard. brilliant.

@bustalamo 4 года назад

Great video! Hope you continue to grow and make more videos.

@bowleggedbear 5 лет назад

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are now confirmed dicordians if you ask me. Wow thank you for making this, it's a joy to Hehe musically inclined ears listening to this wild band I so very much love. I'm amazed at the number of points of interest this band creates. Each album is a different genre, often including some crazy concept for the album. What a time to be alive.

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Amen!

@johnrobinson6945 5 лет назад

Thanks for turning me on to these guys! I just checked them out on bandcamp and see that I'll get a couple opportunities to see them this summer!

@handenbramilton 5 лет назад

Can you do a full video on how Altered Beast 1-4 progresses through like 7/8, 9/8, 11/8, and 13/8 or whatever the hell happens there? Cuz I can't wrap my head around it.

@handenbramilton 5 лет назад

Also congrats i'm subbing, keep up the good work

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Thanks B Ham - I like this idea! should make for be a fun and crazy breakdown - I'm gonna add it to the list :)

@rollingon5566 5 лет назад

@@daveconnor6174 thanks dude

@CritSupport 5 лет назад

@@daveconnor6174 and thats how you get me to sub. Cheers

@Zedigan 5 лет назад

"Hey Stu what time signature should this part of the album be?" "Yes."

@RILCOMusic 4 года назад

Groovy analysis man. Glad you think about music like this. Glad also to see 7/4 getting some recognition. Bonobo uses it a lot in this music as well as a few more of my favorite bands. Gizz is my top fave.

@rhyskt 5 лет назад

This is great content man!

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Hey, glad you liked it :)

@glaucosimoes9450 5 лет назад

Loved the analysis and it was a well made video of one of my favourite bands! Congratulations!

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Thanks Glauco! I love King Gizzard and the King Gizzard community so I'm pumped to have contributed something :)

@VladStashek 5 лет назад

Very interesting subject to discuss, put into a well structured video = the best video i’ve seen on youtube all year ! Keep it coming dude, good stuff!!!

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Thanks so much! :)

@willisryan4576 5 лет назад

This was a great watch! Thanks Dave!

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@Eetkong 4 года назад

This bands music is so pleasing to the ears

@drownedtoad6391 5 лет назад

This was a fantastic video, great production, great explanations, and great music.Keep up the good work, you’ve earned a subscriber :)

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Hey thanks :)

@WonnieNoR Год назад

never did any research on music theory but listen to gizzard alot. thanks for the vid, it made things clear and understandable. appreciate the effort from research to editing. I'll have to check out some more videos either way good work.

@BustaShenanigans 5 лет назад

Awesome video! I always knew there was something off about the timing, it's the reason I love Gizz. Now i know why

@lubzzz410 5 лет назад

Any other ex-marching band kids or marching band kids thinking how crazy it'd be to have a King Gizz field show?

@effective_cmpote 3 года назад

Dont mind me. Just on my 5th watch. Love to revisit this one every so often. Great vid.

@daveconnor6174 3 года назад

Ha! Thanks :) Glad you like it

@BlackMetal1205 5 лет назад

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned, but the place where I personally found the most 7/8 or 7/4 songs is in Yugoslavian prog rock. Especially the band Leb i sol from Macedonia. To us from the Balkans, these rhythms "feel" normal, because they fall under our tradition. Just as you mentioned about the click, those rhythms are about feeling it more than equal division of time. That is what makes it so intoxicatingly good. If you are up for a listen, listen to Leb i Sol first album, it is uploaded on youtube. Also give a listen to Den za Den, also a progressive rock band Macedonia.

@misozak 5 лет назад

awesome video dude, great job!

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Thanks Michal - glad you liked it :)

@colten6465 4 года назад

Love how you started and ended Part 3 with Robot Stop. Great video!

@DinkyMate 5 лет назад

loved the video! you need more subs man! just saw king gizz live a few days ago and they were amazing! one of the most electric and unique bands to see live :O

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Wait, at the Forum? Me too! Loved the shit out of it :)

@DinkyMate 5 лет назад

Dave Connor hahaha! Yeah, at the forum! I was at barrier bro! Small world!!!

@notaname4564 5 лет назад

Can't wait to see these guys live

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

@SamdGG 5 лет назад

Thanks for reminding me how good all their music is I almost forgot

@Les537 5 лет назад

Death to click tracks. Long live King Gizz!

@friendlybullet943 5 лет назад

It's not acoustic music (mostly), but if you're looking for some more 7/4 madness, Venetian Snares is remarked for his extensive use of 7/4 and other strange signatures.

@mrkssk8 5 лет назад

that explains so many questions to me, thanks a lot my dude, brilliant lesson!

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Hey! Glad to hear it :)

@minksrule2196 5 лет назад

I'm not surprised and I'm glad I understand what a time signature is now!

@PokeBiyul 5 лет назад

Always love a nice groove in 7, these guys have definitely mastered it.

@santicraft8 5 лет назад

I guess RU-vid can read my mind because I was literally thinking about the time signature of some King Gizzard songs on my ride home (while listening to them, obviously)

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Scary but awesome

@danielwilson9724 4 года назад

Its ur phone dude...it picks up wht we're talking about etc

@perrodpelea 5 лет назад

beautiful work you got me mate

@Margoth195 Год назад

thanks for the break down!

@porsupollo9349 5 лет назад

Damn son, loved this video, i hope you can do more of these type of stuff.

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Thanks Porsu, glad you liked! Hoping to make a few more :)

@martypello7870 4 года назад

I'd never heard of them until this morning, going to see them in 11 days. Really interesting video buddy 👍🏼

@daveconnor6174 4 года назад

Hey thanks :) Enjoy the show!

@martypello7870 4 года назад

@@daveconnor6174 sure will buddy!! Thanks

@maksymilianreiter3111 5 лет назад

such a great video! subbed

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Thanks!!

@dashmash5478 5 лет назад

As if I needed a reason to love this band even more

@BD_MEDIA. 4 года назад

I'm sold!

@BIGJEANSMUSIC Год назад

Love that you included BSS and Animal Collective... Love this time sig

@twobbles8371 5 лет назад

Great video dude!

@melbournedancemusicassocia7970 Год назад

Great work Dave :)

@orinami3310 4 года назад

ive watched this video more times to be ashamed of. beautiful

@TheStellarMaster 5 лет назад

I just thought I should mention Venetian Snares here.

@rodidy 4 года назад

Insane this video popped on my suggested, caught myself combo counting Mr. Beat just yesterday in the car. 1234,123. Nice vid

@BoopyTheFox 4 года назад

Perfectly cut screams in 7/8

@Catman_321 Год назад

King gizzard makes odd time signatures sound so normal sometimes that it can be easy to miss For example, Both Greenhouse Heat death and The Great Chain of being use 13/4 time in the verses (subdivided as 4-4-5), and in their recent song "Witchcraft" the verse uses 9/8 with a bar of 8/8 at the end of each phrase, and I originally thought these songs were simply in 4/4 without further analysis

@liquorgunsandrhetoric 4 года назад

Really great analysis. You earned a sub from me, keep killin' it.

@daveconnor6174 4 года назад

Thanks for the kind words! Will do :)

@hectordorantes9988 5 лет назад

very useful video, thank you so much!

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching and supporting!

@Grant_Michael_Layman 4 года назад

Great video, make more like this please

@adrienturbanm8496 5 лет назад

Very interesting, great content

@jasonnewbury1479 4 года назад

Awesome content. Whilst I've often been able to recognised signatures that aren't 4/4, I don't have the theoretical knowledge (or perhaps mathematical intelligence) to decipher them. I now completely get 7/8. Thanks! I would be great if the Septuple meter page were updated to include the gizz songs that you've analysed.

@daveconnor6174 4 года назад

Agreed! I think the wiki page is held back by requiring a reference for each song, which is tricky because there aren't many quality references for these things. The only Gizz song on there is The River, and the reference is an article that just says that The River has 7/8 in it, even though it doesn't lol This video might qualify as a reference, but I don't know if videos are allowed. Anyway, thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video :)

@Nate-zn1je 5 лет назад

really cool vid man!

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Cheers!! Appreciate it :)

@panama3653 5 лет назад

Amazing video man!

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

Thanks! Glad you liked it :)

@yurirepollo1494 5 лет назад

“countdown” is such a good song bc the time signature changes from 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 all the way to 9/4 i think in like the same verse. its crazy

@iamalittleboat 5 лет назад

There's a great song by Clipping., "Story 2", that does something very similar, but it goes even further with it. Check it if you haven't! Sorry, 'bout the unsolicitedness of this, but I can never miss an opportunity to recommend this song to someone :p

@yurirepollo1494 5 лет назад

champion lemon lime i’ll check it out man :)

@Featinwe 4 года назад

Woah, dude you should make more vids on music theory in certain bands! that was awesome. I always knew there is something weird about King Gizzard music but since I know little about music theory I didn't know what was it, (except for the microtonal system thing). People say that good music should defend by itself. But it's cool when a good music which defends itself can have something more behind it than just... goood music. It's amazing what King Gizzard is doing right now...

@daveconnor6174 4 года назад

Hey Jakub thanks for the encouragement! Glad you enjoyed :)

@silovitipanj4958 3 года назад

7/4 and 7/8 were always extremely easy for me because I'm from the Balkans and a lot of popular folk music uses it. Even some of our football chants are in 7/8!

@daveconnor6174 3 года назад

i love that! i'd love to hear a chant in 7/8 - so wild i have a feeling that they were influenced by balkan music tbh.

@edonslow1456 5 лет назад

My favourite groove in 7/4 is to have the snare on 3, count 1-2-3-4-1-2-3. The 3 end beats are like their own little bonus area in the bar where you can really get creative. Paranoid Android does this rhythm. Of all the non 4/4 or 3/4 signatures, I find it's one of the most natural of the 'odd' time signatures if you play this groove.

@mikeexits 4 года назад

Also, I'd love to see more videos like this, analyzing artists and albums and such. I officially request an MGMT analysis video on their sound design, deeply layered soundscapes (Little Dark Age and MGMT self-titled in particular) or something else they do uniquely. Subbed!

@daveconnor6174 4 года назад

That's not a bad idea! Putting that on the list - Cheers :)

@mecrac 4 года назад

All makes a lot of sense. Great video

@daveconnor6174 4 года назад

Thanks! Appreciate that :)

@KidHellacious 5 лет назад

Awesome vid man I’m so glad this was in my recommended vids. This band blows my songwriting mind. I can’t comprehend. It’s just breathtaking what they accomplish. I’d love to see a video or some research on how they write songs. On nonagon, it seems like the whole album is centered around that reoccurring riff, just different ways to branch off from it. However, that theory doesn’t really work with any other album so I’m stumped.

@daveconnor6174 5 лет назад

I too am very curious about how they do it. If I ever get the chance to interview them I'll find out :) I live in the same city as them so it's not out of the question !