Times Like These -Foo Fighters

[TimR]

The intro and mid break.

 

14/8, 7/4, or  6/8, 6/8, 2/8, or something else? 

 

Guitarist seems to be having trouble but I think he may be trying to play both guitar parts at the same time and making it overcomplicated. 

 

Feels like 14/8 to me but then there's 4 bars of 16/8 at the end of the midsection. Which could be a bar of 4/8 instead of 2/8. 😆

 

 

[jrixn1]

You don't generally get time signatures like 14/8, 16/8, or 2/8.

 

The version I listened to was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhzmNRtIp8k

 

0:00
The intro starts with four bars of 4/4.

 

0:07
The drums come in and you have two bars of 7/4, then two bars of 4/4.  (Some people might write each 7/4 bar as a bar of 4/4 followed by a bar of 3/4.)

 

0:16
Four bars of 4/4 (a bit like the first four, but now with the full band).

 

Perhaps a metronome at 145bpm could help the guitarist hear where the parts sit?

[ChrisDev]

Like @jrixn1 said, 7/4 and 4/4

Foo Fighters - Times Like These Bass Transcription

 

[TimR]

1 hour ago, jrixn1 said:

The drums come in and you have two bars of 7/4, then two bars of 4/4.

 

The album version has 8 bars of 7/4 and then a bar of 8/4.

 

The reason I'm leaning towards 14/8 is because the guitar lick is clearly 6 8th notes, 6 8th notes and 2 8th notes. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by TimR

[TimR]

The Video version is different to all other recorded and played versions. 

[TKenrick]

7 hours ago, TimR said:

Guitarist seems to be having trouble

 

 

No surprises there, then 🤣

 

As @jrixn1 and @ChrisDev have already said, the 'odd' bars are 7/4. Yes, you could write/think them in 14/8, but I've never seen that time signature on my travels.

 

14/8 also means you'd be constantly referring to an 8th-note pulse, which at 145bpm seems a bit stressful...