Take Five Transcription

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Take Five – The story Behind

Maybe the first thing to mention on this master piece is the special 5/4 rythm. 5/4 means that you count five beats in a measure.
If you grew up with western music and culture, your inner beat is 4/4, if you are from Brasim probably you are 3/4 guy. The 5/4 is not a trivial rythm for muscians [...]

Take Five Video

Take Five Sheet music

In 1959 Paul Desmond wrote the first million-seller jazz single ‘Take Five’. Take Five is also one of the first jazz standards written in an odd meter, 5/8 in this case.
Here’s a transcription of Take 5, arranged for guitar. Take Five is a good song to get the feel of 5/4.
One bar of 5/4 contains [...]