Is this the PERFECT 7/8 groove? (Vinnie Colaiuta)

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[nixneato]

Yeah overriding is one way to smoothen up these odd/8 feelings. Gavin Harrison is a fan too.

[alexp]

Back in the late 90s I joined the band for a local singer songwriter in NJ. One song had a section in 7, so I played this beat. I knew the band was going to work well when she said “the Vinnie beat…nice!”

[gwphantom]

Vinnie's playing on that whole album is awesome - Seven Days in particular for me is a great example of how odd time can be made to sound not so odd 👍🥁

[briankeith]

That's one of my all time favorite albums - entire thing is a masterpiece

[mschambon]

This feels like how Carnatic rhythms nest within a main time feel. Very cool video man!

[vicenterencoret]

Love the stick breat at the end. Smooth recovery too! Great video also, loving they way you broke down Vinnies feel!

[fiddlestix]

This is insane….
Thanks for the tutorial 🙏
And what a GREAT song!

[trismurray]

Such a great break down JP, so scary as I played this with a student last night!

[nickdenardo]

a great musician appreciating great music. thanks for this

[michaelturner]

I love 7/8 and 9/8 grooves when the bell alternates between the upbeat and downbeat.

[thekitchenfreak]

Best instructor on the Internet. JP for president.

[flddoc]

Great catch. I was floored by its consistent smoothness when I first heard this.

[andrewbird]

I always counted this in 14 as I was very young and didn't know any better naive. My drum teacher did my head in for a while by intellectualising it and making me count in 7/8 which made it feel (in my head) more like a late nineties sample loop.

[tonyzab]

Gonna practice this, sounds really cool

[PtikPhoenetikTalk]

This is fantastic! I totally believe that those jarring jerky resets can really throw off the vibe of a song, and we deserve music that flows and lifts us up!

[sdjohnston]

I absolutely love odd time signature grooves that are played so that the listener can still sway to or clap their hands. This is a great example!

[tdrum]

Love this one. Masterful playing & grooves he plays with sting on some of these 👌🏽

[oussemaajal]

amazing educational content, as usual JP

[voitekbiskup]

Another I absolutely love is Pineapple Thief’s “Alone at Sea”… also seamless with a repeating offset pattern, surprisingly hard to play for something that sounds simple.

A band I play in has payed St Augustine but we never quite got it right (not yet 😅)

[samhaupt]

Insane groove. I think another reason it kills is bc the snare drum lands in the same place you would expect in a straight 4/4 groove: the 3rd and 7th eighth notes in the measure. Absolute goat