Stumped on a time sig.

[JD01]

I've been working on a cover and I'm programing the drums.

Song - Fresh Tendrils by Soundgarden
The song starts in 4/4, a verse in 6/4, a brief bit of 4/4 then back to 6/4 for the second verse after which it goes the chorus.

There's a short section between the 2nd verse and the chorus where the time sig wanders and I can't put my finger on it.... I can play along on the guitar cos I know it well, but am struggling to programme the drums.

The 2nd verse starts about 1 minute in. Yeah, if you listen about a minute in, you'll have time do hear the groove of the 2nd verse and then notice where it gets weird.

[JD01]

Listened to this again this morning... this is what I think is happening.
The last bar of the verse is shortened to a 5/4 which throws it off kilter, then there's a long bar of 7/4 which sounds wonky 'cos of the extended drum fill. But then the chorus does that thing where it comes in a quarter-note early... is this coming in on the up-beat? I've never known drum terminology.

[vomitHatSteve]

Soundgarden was often weird about these things. Surprising how well these songs flow despite the weird timing.

[JD01]

Soundgarden was often weird about these things. Surprising how well these songs flow despite the weird timing.

Apparently thats how they ended up with the weird timings. The songs flowed so the timing just landed where it landed... unlike early Genesis or Rush that just sounds like maths exercise.

Anyway, any idea what the timing is?

[vomitHatSteve]

Anyway, any idea what the timing is?

Your counting is as good as mine.