How to 9/8?

How the hell do I start playing odd signatures?

Is this 9/8?

vocaroo.com/i/s0S9mBVtG7pB

Am I playing what I butchered in this picture?

How do I write out 9/8?

Am I retarded?

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Also recorded on my iPhone sorry its so shit.

You can do three sets of three.

I I I I I I I I I
* * * * * * * * *

but right now you have 13 8th notes

I found this this might make more sense then my butchered attempt at 8th notes

I just googled it so it's not mine

There are several ways to interpret odd time signatures. Here's an Adam Neely video explaining some stuff. Hope it helps.
youtube.com/watch?v=_K6_kPKtix4

that clip is not in 9

try thinking 4+5 like this

1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3

Thanks man but in my vocaroo there is 9 8ths on the cymbal is there not?

It's 13 16th notes right?

tried to add cymbals in my shitty drawing.

forgot pic

forgive my retardation please just trying to teach myself

you could think of 9 as three groups of 3 like you are in the clip but thats a pretty lame way to use 9

It's all good. in order for it to be a 16th you need two lines connecting them instead of the one

Thanks for all the help guys.

Like so? Again please forgive my shite drawing lol

Any recommendations for a newbie?

Now it's 7/8, but you'd need another 16th note to make it 7/8

it could be 9/8 if you did this for the bottom one
8-16-16-8-16-16 8-16-16-8 16-16-8

try it like this

Sorry guys, I'm just a little lost again.

How is; Not 9/8? Or it is and that's not what I was playing?

'Cause it has 9 8th notes.

Maybe I'll just stick to 4/4, or is it this hard for most people?


Also thanks for that 5/8 video whoever that was.

>Also thanks for that 5/8 video whoever that was.
Np dude. Try listening to some odd time signature music like Animals as Leader to get a feel for it. It's very unnatural to be play/listen to things that aren't in 4/4 for most people. Most music is only in 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 6/8, and 12/8.

I'm no Mozart, but the real difference between 3/3 and 9/3 is the emphasis on the downbeat.

They're both played the same. But 3/3/ would be One two three One two three One two three.

9/3 is One two three one two three one two three. If I'm not mistaken you'd still write it out as 3 sets of 8th notes because it's easier for the musician to read.

I was high as fuck for my theory classes so I don't remember as much as I wished.

Usually odd time signatures refers to 5/4 shit.

Yeah I listen to a lot of Genesis/Yes/Procol Harum so I wanted to learn how to get into odd time signatures but I really haven't made much progress.

just give it time mang

what? 9/8 is considered an odd time signature?

Technically, but it's easier than others since it's evenly divisible by 3.

youtube.com/watch?v=Mtm9IAP71uU

Drummer, and professional rhythmic expert, here. You count to nine, and then play groupings of notes and rests that can be broken down into nines. Time signatures are largely an illusion, and are mostly a way to communicate non 4 based rhythms to other people. Odd groupings can be tricky to learn, but simple exercises (for example dividing the subdivision between two voices/ notse i.e. 9 one one 0 on two, 8 on one, 1 on two, 7 on one 2 on two etc.) can help break these road blocks.Also I'd recommend against leaning on any clave patterns (i.e. 3+3+3 or 2+2+2+2+1) as they will stunt your rhythmic vocabulary. Just get used to phrasing in odd groupings. I;ve found that looping odd groupings over the bar in standard 4/4 time is a good way to get used to them.

I hate how people teach time signatures like this. I get that it is a simple way to break it down for newcomers, however it is an backwards way to teach people how to cope with odd groupings. It stunts most people's vocabulary, and when you throw even basic eighth note syncopations (i.e. phrasing in 2s, 4s, or 5s) people get scared fast. It's better to just reduce every time signature to the sme framework, a number of beats in a given subdivision.

1and 2and 3and 4and5

I mean, I don't play much odd time signatures, but I've never been scared but reducing it to groups of 4's and 3's.

I'm pretty drunk now and I'm having a hard time understanding. Can you explain a little more senpai?