This song reminds me a lot of the music from the state of Bahia, Brazil, particularly the musical style "Axé". Black American USA and Black American Brazilian peoples share a lot of common roots! (Americans are those born in continent America).
im trying to learn the basics of music theory so i hopped on a call with a couple of my music buddies, they taught me about time signature and for my first assignment i was supposed to figure out this song's time signature
You’re correct, everyone else is getting it wrong. Nate Smith himself said this except he grouped into 4/4, 3/4 and 3/8 which makes even more sense because you can hear those three groups in the cycle really clearly.
This is too complicated for dancers, it'a an irregular beat (it adds 1/8 every two bars). RUclips dancers will have a mental breakdown with everything that is not 4/4
I mean, you and I are technically both dancers, and are both aware of the extra beat! Perhaps you are just a 5 hour energy away from that subscription...
@@johannesebster5764 That makes more sense to you, and it's cool that a different method works for you. But this is the process in feel that makes the most sense to me personally. Take it or leave it I guess. Have a good day. :)
Nah, that’s just plain wrong. The downbeats of your guess don’t match the harmonic rate. Nate Smith himself explained it as 4/4, 3/4 & 3/8 which grooves 1000x better than counting to 6 eighth notes (breaking over into the next part of the metre “3/4”) then another 6 and 5. This is not subjective. Just listen to the drums.
Reinier van zwieten Here's why I would say that it is a bar of 4/4 followed by a bar of 9/8, which repeats, rather than saying the closely related claim that it is 17/16. The band does some fills in each of the bars '4/4' and '9/8'. If it were truly 17/16, we would expect some kind of drum fills to be done in 17/16, but that's not what we hear. So at least, given the admittedly little music theory I've done (Grade 2 Royal Conservatory of Music), that was how I was taught how to accurately represent the time-signatures of pieces with hybrid meter.
I count it as 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 and then the 9 is half as long that is because i don't want to count in 16ths because it's easier to count in 8ths but if you would could the 16ths i would count ever other 16th as and just because it's easier like so 1-and-2-and-3-and-4-and-5-and-6-and-7-and-8-and-9-1-and-2-and-3-and-4-and-5-and-6-and-7-and-8-and-9 etc etc
Adrian K. Yee Tbh i can't really hear the fills they do after the 4/4 there is just a slightly different use of drums. i would personally prefer to count it in 17/16 or 8 1/2 because i don't like to count fast just because it's constant and constently switching between the two seems cumbersome to me. i do have to say that i have done very little educating on rhythm based theory the education i have had has been from school and that has mostly been inside of 4/4 and 6/8 and all the odd time stuff i have learned through just counting some of the songs i listened to (i mostly listen to prog metal stuff like periphery) so i might be wrong but i still personally prefer it my way.
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Just thought I’d tell everybody that according to Nate himself on Instagram, the song is felt in 4/4, 3/4, then 3/8
That makes the most sense
Doesn't really matter coz I'm totally feeling the song! lol
That's great, I was feeling it in Cut Common 4,4,4,5
thank you!
I'd make it simpler to think (at least for me) as 2 bars: 4/4 and "4 1/2" it works great for me 😉
You know the music is wild when nearly all comments are about the time signature
100 %facts
This song reminds me a lot of the music from the state of Bahia, Brazil, particularly the musical style "Axé". Black American USA and Black American Brazilian peoples share a lot of common roots! (Americans are those born in continent America).
This song is brutal, it blew my mind trying to figure out the time signature. Thanks for all the info in the comments, now I can sleep peacefully.
Try dancing to this sober 🤣🤷♂️🤦♂️
I don't know what to say, I just keep playing it
im trying to learn the basics of music theory so i hopped on a call with a couple of my music buddies, they taught me about time signature and for my first assignment i was supposed to figure out this song's time signature
Good luck
4/4 to 9/8 back to 4/4... Nate... you truly are a beast bro
Its 8/8 then 9/8
4/4 4/4 4/4 then 5/4 ... but either one would work the same.
@@sdictson7750 4/4, 3/4, 3/8
The correct way to notate this is 17/8 but to play it is easier if you split it up in 8/8 and then 9/8
17/8 8+6+3
Oh my god ... this should become a jazz or funk standard!!! :))))
ABSOLUTELY!!
First time I'm hearing this band. Great stuff. I'm hearing some EW&F.
Timeless groove. Not everyday and everyone groove. Sheesh man...
7/4 +3/8? (in other words "feeling" 2 measures of 4/4 with the last quarter note divided into two dotted 8ths instead of 16ths) thoughts?
makes sense. could even name it 4/4 + 2/4 + 5/8. It's totally a 4/4 feel, with the last quarter of the two bar cycle being extended by one eighth.
You’re correct, everyone else is getting it wrong. Nate Smith himself said this except he grouped into 4/4, 3/4 and 3/8 which makes even more sense because you can hear those three groups in the cycle really clearly.
This time signature is off the the charts!!!
its in 4/4
with an extra eighth note every other bar
It’s 4/4 going into 9/8 back into 4/4.... or you can count it in 17/8
Its 3 bars of 4 and 1 bar of 5. Its on the charts cuz my teacher just gave me it haha
Can also be 17/8... hutch-drums.com/2017/02/01/nate-smith-skip-step/
If someone can come up with a dance to this I will like comment and subscribe. ;)
This is too complicated for dancers, it'a an irregular beat (it adds 1/8 every two bars).
RUclips dancers will have a mental breakdown with everything that is not 4/4
I mean, you and I are technically both dancers, and are both aware of the extra beat! Perhaps you are just a 5 hour energy away from that subscription...
It's not too complicated for dancers :D it is a hard piece to choreograph,that's true but that's it.
You Skip-Step instead you Go-Nuts
Then call a medic.
its 17/8 funk, two bar cycle, check out andrew hutchings drums for the chart .
Better to feel it as a mixed metre rather than a big block of eighth notes that doesn’t support the groove
Some people need coffee in the morning. Some need their sigaret. I need Skip Step every day.
First off, big fan of Nate Smith, but is it just me or does this song begin or sounds just a bit like Talking Heads- Once in a Lifetime?
Woke up with this song in my head. 👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️
Everyday for me too. Stuck in my head for years now. Hahahahaha!!!
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I absolutely LOOOVEEE THIS
Omg this song is sick!! Gotta get this.
This song is brilliant mathematically and musically. Two bars of 6/8 plus a bar of five equals 17/8
ok but why split it that way? I think it makes more sense to split it 4/4 + 9/8 or even 4/4 + 3/4 + 3/8
@@johannesebster5764 That makes more sense to you, and it's cool that a different method works for you. But this is the process in feel that makes the most sense to me personally. Take it or leave it I guess. Have a good day. :)
Nah, that’s just plain wrong. The downbeats of your guess don’t match the harmonic rate. Nate Smith himself explained it as 4/4, 3/4 & 3/8 which grooves 1000x better than counting to 6 eighth notes (breaking over into the next part of the metre “3/4”) then another 6 and 5. This is not subjective. Just listen to the drums.
To me that's such a wierd way to count it, but it's cool seeing people count it in different methods.
This is awesome
Is that an Acrolite in the pic?
Steve Reich would be proud
Bro i'm legit confused
Same
Its kinda 17/8 that is played as 7/4 and 3/8.
Fantastic!
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What's the time signature?
That is not quite right. It is as Jeremy Idlebird said above. It's counted as a bar of 4/4 followed by a bar of 9/8.
Adrian K. Yee Can't you just count 17/16?
Reinier van zwieten Here's why I would say that it is a bar of 4/4 followed by a bar of 9/8, which repeats, rather than saying the closely related claim that it is 17/16.
The band does some fills in each of the bars '4/4' and '9/8'. If it were truly 17/16, we would expect some kind of drum fills to be done in 17/16, but that's not what we hear. So at least, given the admittedly little music theory I've done (Grade 2 Royal Conservatory of Music), that was how I was taught how to accurately represent the time-signatures of pieces with hybrid meter.
I count it as 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 and then the 9 is half as long that is because i don't want to count in 16ths because it's easier to count in 8ths but if you would could the 16ths i would count ever other 16th as and just because it's easier like so 1-and-2-and-3-and-4-and-5-and-6-and-7-and-8-and-9-1-and-2-and-3-and-4-and-5-and-6-and-7-and-8-and-9 etc etc
Adrian K. Yee Tbh i can't really hear the fills they do after the 4/4 there is just a slightly different use of drums. i would personally prefer to count it in 17/16 or 8 1/2 because i don't like to count fast just because it's constant and constently switching between the two seems cumbersome to me. i do have to say that i have done very little educating on rhythm based theory the education i have had has been from school and that has mostly been inside of 4/4 and 6/8 and all the odd time stuff i have learned through just counting some of the songs i listened to (i mostly listen to prog metal stuff like periphery) so i might be wrong but i still personally prefer it my way.
OK 4/4 1/8 every two bars.
or 17/16
Reinier van zwieten 17/8*
@@leonardporathwahlund8140 that yes
A horrible way to count it but it does add up to the total number of beats.
4/4, 3/4, 3/8 or 17/8