Splitting Measures (6) – Splits in 5/4

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A 5/4 time signature is fun to play! Songs like Sting’s “Seven Days” or the “Mission Impossible Theme” are in 5/4. In this lesson, you learn rhythms on the 8th note as well as on the 16th note subdivision level.

Contents:

0:00 Odd time

0:25 Subdivisions in 5/4

1:29 Exercise 19: Symmetric splits: 55, 44444, 5555

3:42 “sort of” symmetric splits

4:20 Exercise 20: “sort of symmetric splits: 55, 3232, 2323

5:47 Asymmetrical splits

6:33 Exercise 21: Asymmetrical splits: 3322, 3322 3322, 33332222, 6662

8:23 Final thoughts

topics: rhythm, konnakol, polyrhythms, odd meter

Level: beginner

Instruments: for all instruments

Duration: approx. 9:11 min

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Splitting Measures (5): Splits in 6/8

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A 6/8 time signature sounds beautiful in slow ballads, but is also used in fast jigs or tarantellas. In this lesson, you learn syncopated grooves on the 8th note subdivision level as well as in double time feel.

Contents:
0:42 – 6/8 has 2 main pulses
1:29 – Exercise 14: Basic 6/8 groove: a 3 3 split
2:36 – Exercise 15: syncopated splits: 42, 42, 222
4:30 – double time (floor #6)
5:03 – Exercise 16: Splits from 12/8 lesson here on floor #6: 222222, 3333, 444, 66
8:16 – Exercise 17: Splits on floor #6: 33222, 22323
10:17 – More asymmetrical splits / Permutations of 2 5 5
10:26 – Exercise 18: Splits on floor #6: 255, 552, 525
12:26 – A remark on timekeeping / Goodbye

topics: rhythm, konnakol, polyrhythms

Level: beginner

Instruments: for all instruments

Duration: approx. 13:12 min

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Tim Teissen – Ökostrom (MiA. Cover)

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Ich bin seit Jahren ein Fan der Musik von MiA., daher musste ich endlich mal ein Cover machen. Der im Original punkige Protestsong mit eindringlicher Message wird bei mir aufs Wesentliche reduziert. Ich hoffe, euch gefällt das Ergebnis!
This is my personal take on the song “Oekostrom” by the German band MiA. Its lyrics reflect topics which we all have to deal with, now more than ever, like our ecological footprint, the importance of sustainable development, fair trade, and how each of us could act as a responsible human being. As with all my cover songs, I changed quite a bit, and it’s become a jazzy version in the end. Hope you like it!

Tim Teissen – vocals, all instruments, drum programming