Understanding Time Signatures in Music ⏰ (Essential Tips for Musicians)

the hard part is putting those into action; understanding the theory is one thing, but how to play like this is a another matter . Music is hard to learn..

Can someone explain in which time signature “Empress” by the morning siders is?

Never understood the bottom part till now. Great explanation.

This video is a game changer to me; thanks for your explanation.
Bless you!

Excellent!!
Much appreciated!
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It’s easy to confuse 6/8 for 3/4

Another great variant of 9/4 is Brubeck's "Blue Rondo a la Turk", which groups 2-2-2-3 for 3 bars and then switches to 3-3-3 for one in a repeating cycle. (it also changes that up later in the track)

I love 5/4. I think I have also heard some even time signatures devided into odd groups like 3/4+5/4 or 5/4+3/4 but I don't remember which songs that could have been.

I would love to hear some explanation about 2/2, cut time. I know how to play and count it. However, when I am playing with a metronome, the feels are quite different at the beats per minute. I think my question is if a piece of music is say Moderato (approx. 118-120 bpm), should the metronome speed be doubled when practicing to give it the same feel as a Moderato piece in 4/4? Thanks David. Your explanations are great!

I was all ready for 17/8 and to hear The Alien 😂

Apocalypse in 9/8, an instrumental section of Supper's Ready by Genesis on their Foxtrot album in 1972. To me, it's one of the most menacing passages in prog.

Thanks for the lesson. How the bottom number determines (or influences) emphasis within a bar was enlightening.

Muy buen video . gracias

Great lesson - thanks! I have always heard the time signatures in LED Zeppelins Black Dog change frequently making it difficult for a band to play together.

Great video, one point for anyone listening to the examples to get a feel for odd time signatures.

Take Five is played with a swing feel and Money is played with a shuffle.

Playing these time signatures without a swing or shuffle will sound slightly different

You are a darn great teacher. God bless you.

Love combining 5/4 with 4/4.

Very informative and interesting <3

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I needed this. Thanks <3

Amazing lesson, congrats !!!

Wow, interesting

Thank you so much ... am teaching myself piano at 61 yrs of age and this has helped me enormously!

Great Video David a great explanantion of the differenet time signatures. As a person with little musical knowledge, with 9/8 time could this not be a fast 3/4 time ?? In this instance what detemines which time signature its in?

Cool! My first time to watch David. Very informative and clear.❤

Weird time signatures have always tripped me up, thanks for making this video

Awesome!

So a 9/8 signature is the same as a 3/4 signature , then what’s the point of naming it 9/8 ??? Just to confuse people ? Same can go for a 4/4 vs 4/8 and so on !

The clearest explanation ! thank you David..

Checkout Karnivool - Goliath …
This masterpiece is in 27/4 😅

If you want remember how a 6/8 is, remember We are the champions (Queen) and you got it. It worked for me.

Thank you. I learned a lot time signatures. Wish I hadn't heard tubular bells. Thank you. Love and Light.

thank you for this, i would always get so confused about 6/8 time signature !

Spoke too fast couldn't follow at all lol

I’ve played drums my whole life and I still struggle guessing time signatures. This video is great. I guess the time signature is as much the fell as it is the actual count.

So many videos explain but do not show it... but it is so helpful having it explained, and seeing and hearing it played. Nicely done.

That bottom number been haunting my dreams for YEARS!!!! 😂

Fascinating instruction sir. Thank you. It's probably obvious to evrryone else but how do you decide where the accented beat comes in a time signature please? If it's a stupid question or I have already missed the explanation, ignore me and I will go away!
Thank you.
Blessings and peace

My personal favourite is 15 step by Radiohead which has the 5/4 pattern

Great Video David.

Super video and really helpful. Thanks

Cool--how about the difference between 4/2 and 2/2? Thanks!

Thank you for taking the lesson serious enough to not sit there and talk about everything besides the purpose of the video.

i still dont understand the bottom numbers

Nice Tutorial ... FYI Lalo Shiffrin's Mission Impossible - Long Long Short Short musical phrasing - is based upon Morse Code for M and I. 😀

Thank you very much showing it really helps

I’m going to get some more stuff to make it easier

thx I learned a lot kid!!

how is mission impossible 5/4 when there's only 4 notes in the bar

Wow that was very Clear and Concise ❤ Loved your Presentation style and the content ❤ Thank you David 🎉