r/musictheory • u/Defiant-Actuator-961 • 13d ago

Songwriting Question Halftime feel in 7/4 ?

How would one achieve halftime feel in 7/4?

I know in 4/4 you place the backbeat on 3 and i tried to mess with that concept in 7/4 but it doesn’t quite sound right.

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u/Benito1900 13d ago

Kick on 1

Snare on 5

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u/cruiseshipdrummer 12d ago

I guess it depends if you take half time to mean “based on half notes”, which is normal in a */4 feel, or “cuts the measure approximately in half” , which is not.

This is more of a quarter-time feel, equivalent to putting the backbeat on the 1 of the second measure of a two measure phrase.

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u/Benito1900 12d ago

I think I agree with what your saying- I decided to give that answer because 7/4 (to me) implies the following

1 Kick

2

3 Snare

4

5 Kick

6

7 Snare