Yeah to play odd beats I wouldn't recommend you to count in your head, rather start to count first few bars until you get a feeling where "1" is, also when you count do not count 1-2-3-4-5-6-7, but rather 123-12-12 (or how ever beats are arranged) this will help you feel the swing of the beat.
Some people make it easier by counting odd beats in a even time signature (and this works) but IMHO it is never correct that way, it is just an agreement between the band members
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yeah! any odd time signature greater than 7 you're better off breaking it down to 3's and 2's if not 3's and 4's ... 7/8 actually feels 'almost natural' ...
Here's a tune I did that is a 'seven bar round' where measures 5 and 7 are in 7/8 and all other remaining measures are in 6/8 ...
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@onemedia yes making subdivisions is a way to go as well, but I meant 1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2 as the way of counting (or any order of the beat), in example counting the 7 should sound like ("one two three", "one two", "one two") this helps achieve the tru swing of the odd beat, of course there are other methods but this one IMO is most correct if you want to make the odd beat true odd beat
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Oh yes, the method you describe there is best, most precise way of accenting the exact beat(s) that need emphasis as you said, per the band's agreement ...
Because 4/4 and 3/4 are so common, it seems to me most figures in 7/8 can be played intuitively 3/4+4/4 or 4/4+3/4, unless it's a 1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2 ... Actually 5/8, to me, seems like it needs to be broken down the way you describe, it's seems only 7/8 could be more intuitively like common time...