is it worthwhile to intentionally write riffs around weird meters like 5/4 or 7/4?

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what exactly do you mean by worthwhile?

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worth the effort of forcing yourself to play in odd meters

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how can we answer that for you? to me, anything that pushes me is a good thing, thus i practice with odd rhythms. what qualifies as "worth it" to you?

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Good read

Don't do it. It's totally not worthwhile!







Do it! It's soooooooooooo worth it!





Do either of these answers really help you in any way?

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It is most certainly worth playing in 'odd' time sigs. It improves your rhythmic awareness.

Plus they're cool

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i think that the more i play in meters like 5/4, 7/8, 9/8. or 11/8 the less i like playing in 4/4 or 6/8, its just so INVIGORATING.

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Don't overdo it. Bands that use odd timings TOO MUCH just end up sounding too formulaic. Tool, can you hear me?
If it FEELS good, do it. I have a couple songs that are in seven or six at some parts, but it wasn't even intentional. It was just a natural progression in the song. Don't think of music in terms of mathematics. If it makes sense in the context of the song, try it out.

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Possibly the worst thing to do is write a groove that really belongs in an everyday signature like 4/4 or 3/4 and try to add extra stuff to push it to, say, 5/4, or something else.

But otherwise, yeah - if you enjoy messing around with weird time signatures, go ahead. You just have to approach them differently than the traditional stuff.

Like entrada said, it's all in the feel.

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