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14/4 is a really uncommon time signature, mostly because, in practice, music that has 14 beats per expression will have those 14 beats subdivided into bars of 4/4 and 2/4. However that does not suggest that 14/4 isn't still an useful principle. Songs in 14/4 have a "not odd however a little off" since 14/4 is not an odd meter, but it's likewise not a normal meter!
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0:00 Intro.
0:14 Tame Impala.
0:34 Yes.
0:54 Radiohead.
1:12 Pearl Jam.
1:27 14/4 is normally subdivided.
2:31 Soundgarden.
3:09 14/4 is not an odd time signature.
4:04 Fort Minor.
4:40 14/8.
5:35 MY PIANO COURSE.
6:13 Piano piece in 14/4 time.
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Can’t be a David Bennett video without Radiohead
@guitareater69 maybe, it’s just not my thing
Fricking amnesiac cover at 6:14
Thanks for the warning
@Skanso did Pink Floyd lol
Damn, these time signatures are getting more obscure. Pretty soon we’ll have something like “songs in 21/8 time” or something lol
21/8 is technically just a 7/4 shuffle
21/8, 22/7, whatever works. 😂
when are we gonna get to irrational meters? 5/12 when?
21/8 is just compound 7 time
the intro to Perihelion by King Gizzard is in 21/8 time
I will never get tired of your “Songs that used that weird time signature” videos! Thank you so much for all your work!
Bro just came here to say that the editing quality in this video is outstanding.
I always loved Roundabout and have jammed along with the song but never knew that about the chorus, then again it is progressive rock so that makes sense
i mainly think of the king gizzard song “the forth colour” being in 7/8 (counted as 2-2-3) rather than 14/8 (3-3-3-3-2) as i’m mainly using the drums as my frame of reference. but it shouldn’t be surprising there’s conflicting meters/polymeters seeing as it’s from the album POLYgondwanaland.
it’s similar to led zeppelin’s “kashmir” where you have two conflicting meters created by the drums and the rest of the band.
The Fourth Color is one heck of a song if you’re into time signatures, this riff in 14/8 is played when the drums play in 7/8, and then the drums keep in 7/8 while the singing starts in 6/8. And it just keeps getting weirder and weirder until you have 14/8, 6/8 and 7/8 all being played on different instruments at the same time
and it slaps so hard
“Question!” by System Of A Down has plenty of time signatures as well. 9/8, 6/8, 5/4, 3/4, and 4/4.
so many tool songs do this too, the standout though is at around the 7 minute mark of “Rosetta Stoned.” bass is in 3, high hat is 3, right hand is playing 4/4, and the kick drum is playing a 5/16 ostinato. and then the guitar does a solo over top of the crazy polyrhythms.
I never heard of this band before, but as soon as i heard this song I went and looked it up and now I’m currently embarking on a King Gizzard rabbit hole
Wow…Bones has always been one of my favorite Radiohead songs and I just counted it intuitively…never caught on the 14 beat cycle
Nice video – I think parts of Grapevine by Weyes Blood are in 5/8 ? Wonder if you could do a video on more odd time signatures
A Sprinkling of Clouds by Gong is largely in 24/4 if I recall correctly, subdivided as 5/4 + 5/4 + 5/4 + 5/4 + 4/4!
That piece you wrote for the end is completely mesmerizing !
Thanks!
Beautiful song you wrote as always.Loved the quiet harmonies toward the end. they hit me a little like overtones on an old guitar . and thanks for the education. If you make an album of these ending songs put me down for two copies
Thank you for another excellent video. I am particularly pleased by the inclusion of Yes in two successive videos. I believe that South Side of the Sky, also from the Fragile album (probably my favourite) has a few time signature changes within it.
Nothing unusual for Balkan music too. These rhythms are compound rhythms that can be broken down. In the balkans they are the norm, such as 19/8 or 13/8 not to mention the most common 7/8 or 9/8. Earlier Genesis had quite often used such compound rhythms ie, mad and moon, dance on a volcano etc etc.
I’d love it if you could include an analysis of this song on your next strange time signature video; I’m still unsure exactly how it should be written and it shifts mid-song!
https://youtu.be/0pxO9UuyBpQ
Get Right is an amazing song. Thanks for including it!
PS: And Soundgarden’s underrated example too
This Is What It Feels Like by Armin Van Buuren is another example of a song in “subdivided” 14/4 time. Technically, it alternates between 3/2 and 4/2 (or 6/4 and 8/4), but it can also be transcribed as 14/4. That said, musicnotes’ transcription has it in 4/4 + 2/4 + 4/4 + 4/4.
Thank you for the enlighten me with this song, Kenji. What a tune!
Great time signature. Thanks for the video and Beautiful composition at the end David!