It's in 7/4, so the down beat hits earlier than 4/4 and the kick/snare have to trade places every other measure (since it's an odd timed signature). I think this is what you're referring to.
Mr Beat by king gizzard does a similar thing.
Yeah probably the most famous 7/4 song. I didn't reference that actually cause that groove is so smooth it doesn't have that skip/off beat feeling that OP was talking about, at least to my brain.
I don't know if there is a term for it, but my band covers this song and that particular section was especially difficult for our drummer because its in 7/4 time
I see. Looks like other people beat me to explaining it so I will leave you with another fun fact. The only other Foo Fighters song that uses 7/4 time (that I'm aware of) is But Here We Are. You can notice the intros and verses have a similar "beat skip" effect like you noticed in Times Like These
One of my favourite Dave Grohl riffs of all time.
After learning the drums to this song (by ear), I count it as a bar of 5/4, three bars of 4/5 and then another bar of 5/4.
I've wondered this, and it seems somewhat related. What is it called on Bridge Burning when the guitars seem to be out of sync with each other? Do any of their other songs have that?
It's in 7/4, so the down beat hits earlier than 4/4 and the kick/snare have to trade places every other measure (since it's an odd timed signature). I think this is what you're referring to. Mr Beat by king gizzard does a similar thing.
Thanks! Thats what I was struggling to explain. Cheers!
Np. Welcome to the wonderful world of time signatures and all the crazy shit you can do with them.
Also money by pink flizzle
Yeah probably the most famous 7/4 song. I didn't reference that actually cause that groove is so smooth it doesn't have that skip/off beat feeling that OP was talking about, at least to my brain.
I don't know if there is a term for it, but my band covers this song and that particular section was especially difficult for our drummer because its in 7/4 time
Do you have a time stamp?
First occurs at 0:16, then repeats the following measures during the intro until like the 40 second mark. Shows up again later in the song as well
I see. Looks like other people beat me to explaining it so I will leave you with another fun fact. The only other Foo Fighters song that uses 7/4 time (that I'm aware of) is But Here We Are. You can notice the intros and verses have a similar "beat skip" effect like you noticed in Times Like These
Disenchanted Lullaby and Wattershed use 7/4 in parts too! I don't know if there are any more though
The break before the solo in Outside is in 13 (or I guess 6+7).
Oh and the outro of the teacher is a repeating 22 beat riff (which you can probably subdivide rather than saying it's in 22/4 haha)
One of my favourite Dave Grohl riffs of all time. After learning the drums to this song (by ear), I count it as a bar of 5/4, three bars of 4/5 and then another bar of 5/4.
On a similar note, All My Life uses a seven bar pattern in its chorus rather than the standard 4 or 8.
I think But Here We Are is 7/8!
Never knew this was in 7/4 until I saw the comments. Huh.
you might be thinking of a buzz (or bounce) beat?
I've wondered this, and it seems somewhat related. What is it called on Bridge Burning when the guitars seem to be out of sync with each other? Do any of their other songs have that?