7/4 vs 7/8 | Peter Gabriel, Dave Brubeck, and Pink Floyd

11/21/21 • 13 min

What's the difference between 7/4 and 7/8? Watch this video to find out! I look at a bunch of great songs to expore to different ways of playing with septuple meter in songs. Things obviously get a little proggy, because odd time signatures, but there's something for everyone here. Songs mentioned in this video: - Money; Pink Floyd - Solsbury Hill; Peter Gabriel - Unsquare Dance; Dave Brubeck - Lucky Seven; Chris Squire - Thunder Child; Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds - Hello Hello; Caravan

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