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15/8 can be dealt with as an odd time signature, or as a substance meter, but however you use it, a song in 15 will constantly have an uncanny, uncommon sound to it.
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0:00 Introduction.
0:14 Tubular Bells.
1:41 Led Zeppelin.
2:18 The Pretenders.
2:40 Biffy Clyro.
3:20 Mother 3.
4:02 MY PIANO COURSE.
4:47 Compound Quintuple Time.
6:58 Dream Theater.
9:06 Piano Outro/Patreon.
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Your videos on odd time signatures are so fascinating to watch!!!
Glad you like them! More to come!
Oddly enough I always make time for those videos
@ZZZaphod Well done. 👏🏽
Oldfield was 19 when he wrote Tubular Bells. Beautiful piece
Youngfield
There’s another nice song in 15/8, Perpetuum Mobile by Penguin Cafe Orchestra, which inspired the riff in Fade Into Darkness by Avicii (though it was adapted for 4/4)
Yes!!! My favorite example of 15/8. It’s so mesmerizing.
Fascinating… you really know your stuff. I was wondering if Greek folk and popular Greek songs might use this odd sort of time signature…
Yes…..
I believe that greek/balkan/turkish music uses 5/4 a lot.
My favorite 15/8 piece is Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s Perpetuum Mobile. Absolute masterpiece. But then again, PCO.
While mainly in 4/4, Impresstion 1, Part 1 of Karn Evil no. 9 by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer also has a few 15/8 bars.
Another great (but less well-known) example is “On the Boom” by Tricot. The verse is in 15/8 and the drummer basically plays 3x a kick-kick-snare pattern and then switches to 3x kick-snare, dividing it into 9/8 and then 6/8. However, what the lead guitar is playing feels more like a 6/8 then 4/8 and then 5/8, which sounds pretty amazing together.
terrific! more time signatures, please!
Really cool that Mike Portnoy watched one of your videos, man! He’s one of my favourite drummers of all time!
Also, in regards to 15/8, I’ve always thought of Hozier song, “From Eden” to be in a compound 15/8 time.
Also, the main riff of “The Loss Inside” by Flying Colors (one of Portnoy’s bands) is not in 15/8 time, but in 15/4 time (alternating bars of 7 & 8)
The Art of Dying by Gojira features 15/16 against 4/4 polymeter. That’s real fun lol
5/4 is already a really fun time signature to write with, and I want to try a song in 15/8, cuz it seems like a natural extension of that time signature.
Wow. It’s been DECADES since I heard Tubular Bells. You really pulled one out of the pop music past.
Well, David, even with you’re brilliant and clear explanations, it’s still hard to hear this time signature naturally. Great video and got me thinking, enjoy your composition at the end too.
Great video!
I swear when I saw the title of the video I was like “if he doesn’t mention Dream Theater I’m gonna be pissed” 😂
I also like the 15/8 riff in Beyond This Life, played like 4/4 + “3.5/4” and then like 12/8 + 3/8, that’s the first example that came to my mind 🙂
I love your piece at the end. It sounds like a song off A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead to me
Now I understand why Tubular Bells has that otherworldly sound. Beautifully chilling.
Karnivool is a criminally underrated band with a criminally underrated song called C.O.T.E. from their debut album known as Themata. That song incorporates the 15/8 time signature quite a bit, and it’s phenomenal. I’d highly suggest u listen to it sometime. It’s an amazing song on an amazing album.
Odd time signatures like this are just so interesting to listen to; they definitely grab my attention every time!
I would love more videos on creating rhythmic interest. Beyond time signatures themselves, what rhythmic patterns strung together create interest.
Really cool to see Dream Theater’s drummer is a fan of your channel! Goes to show music can reach people everywhere.