Make sure you've read through our lesson on Time Signatures before working through this lesson.
7/4 is generally a Simple time signature that is the equivalent to a bar of 4/4 and a bar of 3/4 combined. It is counted '1 2 3 4 5 6 7' with the same rules as 4/4 for adding quavers and semi quavers. Listed below are several examples of 7/4 grooves.
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
A half time 6/4 groove.
Example 5
A double time 6/4 groove.
Example 6
TASKS
- Learn the grooves above up to a tempo of at least 130bpm.
- Think about fill construction in 7/4.
- Create some 4 bar phrases in 7/4. For now, use three bars of a groove followed by one bar of a different groove.
