How to play 5 over 4 (for all instruments)

[@Nathanaelsun22]

That was Excellent, i was giddy smiling with utter glee that could play such a seemingly complicated seeming rhythm so quickly so intuitively! Thank you, great lesson!!

[@henkdevries2002]

came here to learn the 5:4 polyrythm in "Five" by Bill Evans. This video really helped with feeling and hearing the five over a four pulse. The difficulty with the piece "Five" is that the 5:4 notes are also grouped in fours.

[@Capwnql]

Here for the same reason. Really cool RC head. :)

[@williamhenderson9923]

This is super! We need more exercises like these. Clapping and counting is important. One thing I did was clap louder on the 1's to accent that first beat. I think there's something neat about using your hands for rhythm instruments!

[@sagarsahai]

Lovely method!!!! 😀😀

[@johndescy7904]

Awesome exercise!

[@AlexTen10]

Brilliant guide, thanx a ton, Connor!

[@darcyjarrell725]

Brilliant, man. Thank you for this

[@FT-88]

THANK YOU !!!!

[@DavidDorenfeld]

This video is AMAZING. You sir just got a new like and subscriber

[@emilieboyd1002]

An amazing method to really feel it! Thank you!

this is great!

[@robhummel4379]

Very cool thank you!!! Practicing hard!

[@louthibodeau2161]

That was genius. Thanks a lot!

[@quincywinkler9078]

Quality lesson

[@Guitand1178]

Thank you very much!

[@MishimaToshiro]

wow great!! thank you

[@bernhardtmitdt2586]

I prefer Ta De Ki Da Tum instead of counting! It's much easier to say, especially in fast tempo. Check it out.

[@lucapietranera]

wow! haha thank you very much.

[@apgy3063]

YES!!!! Thank you!!!

[@SmallTownMusician]

thank you !!!

[@AdrianJanecek]

very helpful, thank you!

[@manfreds86]

Excelent! Thanks a lot!

[@LisztyLiszt]

This is great. I'm playing a piano piece which has a moment of 5:4 so I tried tapping both hands on the table. RH:LH = 5:1 and then 5:2 was fine, 5:4 not yet, but I'll get it. The other thing though is to be able to switch to this polyrhythm first time, accurately and without hesitation. You can't suddenly stop mid-performance for a warm-up to embed the groove before executing a given passage. So lots of practise clapping and on the instrument should make it feel as natural as suddenly playing 3:2 or 4:3.

[@wyc7tjmf794]

Good exercise, but I'm not sure this method will give you the exact subdivisions. If you try to clap the fives with the other hand while doing 16ths, you'll likely fail to do so.

[@flygandeskote1702]

exactly

[@floydmillar2875]

really like this ,

[@nomnom7089]

It sounds like konnokol? Is it what u r doing?

[@shadowstormmusic2572]

Anyone else here wanting to play a Tool song lol

[@Big_betty2]

I don’t think this is for ALL instruments

[@marcelszekowski315]

eh

[@corradomanganaro7150]

No no mi dispiace ma non è così

[@blurrychaewonselca4360]

david brubeck’s take five is an amazing example of 5/4

[@bernhardtmitdt2586]

and this comment is an amazing example of not having understood 5 over 4 :-)

[@blurrychaewonselca4360]

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[@bernhardtmitdt2586]

@@blurrychaewonselca4360 so delete it, if it's not yours 😉

[@bernhardtmitdt2586]

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[@blurrychaewonselca4360]

@@bernhardtmitdt2586 it’s not that serious