Take Five (Paul Desmond) : Backing Track

[@guitareimprovisation]

Thank you for all your kind words ! The BT is 170 bpm in case you were wondering :-)

[@Aidanwilson27]

This song took me two and a half months to be able to play with other people and tonight im playing this song at a jam. Im so glad these backing track exist to help musicians.

[@14369164]

Cool, took me a similar amount of time,the joys of music never cease!,have to play it daily to keep 'locked in for me.keep it up😊

[@devastatixnwillreign]

i played this for a high school concert and now i’m using it for a jazz ensemble audition in college, oh how the tables thrn

[@jareddeweese5891]

Me over here using this backing track for a Tenor solo. It works great! thank you man!

[@jefft9729]

Very nice. I wish there was an extended part for the (Desmond) solo.

[@hobbedgoblin10]

me for the whole A section: oh yeah jazz woo me during the bridge: OH GOD WHAT FRET IS THE Db7 ARPEGGIO ON AGAIN

[@guitareimprovisation]

hahaha !

[@JuanVazquez-si9xq]

@Turner Hamza fuck off scammer

[@ryan_danger]

Hey homie, I know this is a year old now but if it makes you feel any better, Paul Desmond probably wouldn't have hit all of those changes on this song anyway. Some of those chords are more of a comping flare and you don't need to automatically contextualize them. The important beats to hit are the CbMAj, BbMin, Abmin, and Gmaj, which should hopefully make it a little more manageable

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

My kazoo is tuned. Im ready.

[@nuriaqu8362]

Won't you stop and take A little time out with me Just take five Stop your busy day And take the time out To see if I'm alive Though I'm going out of my way Just so I can pass by each day Not a single word do we say It's a pantomime and not a play Still, I know our eyes often meet I feel tingles down to my feet When you smile, that's much too discreet Sends me on my way Wouldn't it be better Not to be so polite You could offer a light Start a little conversation now It's alright, just take five Just take five

[@lustiger2954]

a masterpiece

[@trevorkanyowa261]

Excellent version to aid practice

[@guitareimprovisation]

Thanks Trevor !

[@lennyblue4u]

My new CHROMATIC C harp is just what it needed!

[@j.p.7708]

At times I can hear the saxophone 🎷 in my head 😎

[@AR58870]

Thanks really has helped me get my chops up on Take 5 !!

[@jairo571]

Thank you beautiful Melody!!!

[@Keyboardist_DC1]

Bro, this helped me soo much, Ty man, I can never repay you 🙏

[@harplayer22]

This is wonderful. I just wish it were a little slower. Thank you for a terrific backtrack to learn on.

[@wtichazel]

You can change the speed of the video in the bottom right had corner. Just click the icon that looks like a small nut and it should give you the option to change it half speed. Hope it works for you!

[@k8jun1]

You can download riff station, load the song, change speed, pitch, everything you need to practice....

[@RaduFunk]

Thank you! Could have never made it through without this track. :)

[@timmyfriday2718]

Ah, that's better. Thanks guys, nice jam to get my mind off things :)

[@junimeme5626]

this is SO GOOD

[@jeffnegron8845]

Desmond was a humble genius

[@AaronMcLean1]

Super helpful

[@juliah5221]

Thank you

[@Ben-ll3iy]

Woww this 5/4 time signature is so hard and challenging! 😭😭 Does anyone has any tips on how to keep up with the rhythm while soloing?

[@Jared-McCann-Sax]

Try thinking of it as 3 and 2 instead of 5

[@KohalaKai]

Try listening to take five a bunch, by various artists, even various styles. It’ll help get some musical ideas floating about in your brain as well as normalizing the time signature

[@pomod]

Ah, I wish there were 8 more bars of the verse bit to accommodate Desmond's whole solo.

[@biij]

I think the chords may be wrong for Desmond's solo section anyway, at least according the sheet music with his solo on that I've seen

[@polygraphovich]

This is very nice; thanks. Is the chorus an Ebm7 like shown on the screen or Eb7 (which I’ve seen elsewhere). Thanks.

[@guitareimprovisation]

Ebm7 to my ear, I've checked it once more.

[@polygraphovich]

Minor it is; thx for getting back.

[@sub-gq6jd]

@@guitareimprovisation I would like to know what BPM it has?

[@lepbeer]

@@sub-gq6jd 170 bpm

[@ヨッシーお菓子系ギタリスト]

I use this backing track, and can I post a performance video in KZbin?

[@JujuPlaysMusic]

Superbe! Il y a une petite note nostalgique à partir du SiM7 que je n'entends pas dans l'original et qui est très appréciable :)

[@guitareimprovisation]

Merci ! Tout est relevé ici, y compris les basses et accords : kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ7YlXhuh7Kjirs Tu dois faire référence au voicing BMaj7 simple que j'utilise (B A# D#) et en particulier le La#. Dans l'original au piano il fait B A# C# D# (compliqué à la guitare) donc la Maj7 s'entend plus dans mon BT.

[@P.S.Marrow]

Can I sing to this and post it on YT (for listening, not sale) and if so, how do I do an attribution with your license? I always wrote my own music but would like to sing to this and share. Thx

[@guitareimprovisation]

Yes ! Quote my channel in the description and write a link aiming at this video :-)

[@fonkydeugz]

technically it's not a B maj7 but a Cb maj7 , since we play in the Eb minor scale, Cb is the VI and B the V , not the same thing

[@guitareimprovisation]

You're true ! But if you have this level of knowledge, you may also why it's better to write BMaj7 right ?

[@fonkydeugz]

Mmmmm , good one, I'd say it's because we are in a modulation ending on Gmaj7 ? then Bmaj7 is III ? By the way in the realbook they write it Cbmaj7 , so now I'm curious, tell me more :)

[@abayomiibrahim5404]

Guys what online course or books can I ready to have this knowledge

[@fonkydeugz]

You can check Rick Beato videos on harmony, He is a good teacher

[@DSoraK]

@@abayomiibrahim5404 mrk levine jazz theory book Also for the B section, you should be going Bmaj7 into Abmin7 (not 6), and for the II-V-I back into Eb, you should be using Fmin7b5>Bb7(b13)

[@quirkyn8404]

Does anybody have any reccomendation on how to improv after the first run down of the whole chorus lick? I'm getting back into music after 4 years out of high school, and I'm not particularly comfortable with playing jazz improv. Sheet music, I could do. but having to think on the spot, will throw me off beat and I'll have a hard time jumping back in, I am experimenting with 5/4 right now, as I am already used to the usual 4/4, 3/4 2/4, etc.

[@topcat8740]

hi, you can try Eb- pentatonic all the time. you can play F#maj/Eb- scale. you can alternate scale Dbmaj (Eb- dorian) in the A section, and F#maj in the B section. you can use chord arpegios, arpegio substitution and other things. i suggest to listen george benson version. bad english...sorry

[@sourgelockte139]

Fantastic

[@Andonirubik]

Thanks! Can you help me to fins backing track of "Take five" in Dm? One tone down of this original theme I meant, please?

[@patricedintinger5424]

Bonjour , super travail ... belle harmonie ... Le backtrak est-il libre d'utilisation pour du ''busking'' ? (Jouer sur le backtack dans la rue , faire la manche ? )

[@macw.7686]

What version of the song is this? In the Dave Brubeck version it doesn't seem to have these cool cord changes, but that is the only version I can find anywhere. Does anyone know where to find a link to the full Paul Desmond version of the song?

[@caprise-music6722]

Great BT, but i think it would be better if it stayed on the main groove for longer, instead of going to the chorus all the time. That would be more like the original live version of this song so that Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck etc etc can play a solo.

[@sheqstorres]

Won't you stop and take a little Time out with me, just take five Stop your busy day and take the Time out to see if I'm alive Though I'm going out of my way Just so I can pass by each day Not a single word do we say It's a pantomime and not a play Still, I know our eyes often meet I feel tingles down to my feet When you smile, that's much too discreet Sends me on my way Wouldn't it be better not to be so polite You could offer a light Start a little conversation now, it's alright Just take five, just take five

[@ณิชาภัทรบุญเมือง-ฅ2จ]

ภาพรวม เนื้อเพลง ฟัง การบันทึกเสียงอื่นๆ และผู้คนยังค้นหา เนื้อเพลง Won't you stop and take A little time out with me Just take five Stop your busy day And take the time out To see if I'm alive Though I'm going out of my way Just so I can pass by each day Not a single word do we say It's a pantomime and not a play Still, I know our eyes often meet I feel tingles down to my feet When you smile, that's much too discreet Sends me on my way Wouldn't it be better Not to be so polite You could offer a light Start a little conversation now It's alright, just take five Just take five Though I'm going out of my way Just so I can pass by each day Not a single word do we say It's a pantomime and not a play Still, I know our eyes often meet I feel tingles down to my feet When you smile, that's much too discreet Sends me on my way Wouldn't it be better Not to be so polite You could offer a light Start a little conversation now It's alright, just take five Just take five

[@omarceja5501]

Exelente

[@veeen1277]

Nicely produced! and btw, can i use this for my video? i'll just put the link on the description if permitted

[@guitareimprovisation]

Yes ! If you put a link that's permitted :-)

[@baileyayyy5085]

I CANT KEEP MY TIME FFS

[@chezruss]

Five beats to the bar//

[@meowtrox1234]

123,12 12312 123,12 1.2.3.1.2

[@Reds_C]

Me too hahahaha im sweating so much

[@hobbedgoblin10]

Bailey lol for me the timing isnt even the issue it’s just how fast the chords change

[@RaduFunk]

@@hobbedgoblin10 Trust me, it's the way you're counting, the chord changes are actually ok, it's the way we count them that screws with the timing. Here's what got me through it: www.jazzguitar.be/blog/how-to-play-take-5-chords-on-guitar/ The trick is to play what the piano is playing - i.e. arpeggios and chords, not just chords. Makes it much easier to keep time.

[@tecdaniels3909]

dope

[@Marcel-bd3rd]

Yo, how can I improvise over B part, do I need to follow all those chord changes and lay on chord notes?

[@josevaron1939]

excelente, pero en la sección en Ebm, el acorde de Bmaj7 no debería estar escrito como Cbmaj7?

[@guitareimprovisation]

Yes ! But it's easier to read BMaj7, that's why I chose this option. Both work.

[@josevaron1939]

@@guitareimprovisation gracias por la aclaración

[@MarcoAGJ]

Cool.

[@gunkman_man]

why does E#m7/ Fbm7 sound better than the video's Fm7?🤔🤔

[@guitareimprovisation]

hahahaha

[@m.c.1075]

Super 👌 mais un peu trop rapide, enfin à mon goût bien sûr. Comment faire pour l'avoir plus lent, noire = 112 par exemple ?

[@ofdrumsandchords]

Tu le passes dans Audacity, par exemple.

[@LarissaGoretkin]

you can change the speed of the video on the gear. ⚙

[@Steezologist]

Nice track

[@CatPianoClassics]

May i borrow this for a cover? I will credit you!

[@guitareimprovisation]

Yes of course ! If you don't make money with it that's ok, you have to quote the video (with a backlink) according to the Creative Commons Licence.

[@giuliettaval]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dennisvl3621]

So, I guess you can play e flat minor pentatonic scale over this ?

[@nikolasmacdonald]

Eb blues (Minor pentatonic with the added b5) works well over the Ebm Bb-7 vamp. Over the B section, I would recommend using the full Eb minor (aeolian) scale because the pentatonic is missing important notes. For the last two bars of the B section (Fm7(b5) and Bb7) Eb harmonic minor is implied here.

[@israelotaviano]

Excelente !!!

[@wxsteria3451]

does anyone know what scale to use??

[@guitareimprovisation]

Eb dorian

[@gibsonr0cker]

I use Eb minor

[@jacsterstracci9515]

@Harrison Mair because it has the same notes as Eb Dorian

[@matiasnahuelpan9114]

Que significan los triángulos en los acordes ??

[@TicalaKing]

Significan que es un acorde de séptima mayor

[@klob1100]

thank you for sharing. I'm new to playing Jazz. May I know what key is this played?

[@DamarZaky]

just play the black keys on the piano lol

[@lassekrnerpetersen728]

@Winston Lin yeah it is

[@nikolasmacdonald]

Eb minor

[@mmTtymm]

Hi! can i use this as a soundtrack for a video please? i'll credit you, and the video will just be a short trailer of a theatre work realized by an amateur dramatic group.. we are not looking for any profit at all!!... please let me know, thank you!

[@guitareimprovisation]

Sure ! If you don't directly make money with the video, a credit with my channel name will be fine (it's creative commons licence). If not, please contact me.

[@ssmccul]

It would be great if you could not have the chorus repeat every 16 bars. In the real version the solos are done without going to the chorus.

[@guitareimprovisation]

Yes: the vamp version is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJiXqWSYpdSkhZY

[@TheCMFT419]

Yea the song is incomplete n the vamp is the the eb phrase

[@meowtrox1234]

Do you have a C ver?

[@cesaraugusto6705]

Lmao

[@335jpm]

super

[@treytorrez4197]

This might sound really stupid, but how would I play this on the piano

[@czgibson3086]

Learn the chords, learn the melody, practise improvising in 5/4, and you'll be well on the way.

[@zacguyot]

temp 170

[@anniechen2008]

Where is the start

[@georgmelge3625]

4 Takte drums dann noch 8 Takte, Achtung: Melodie beginnt auf 4

[@frank-79]

bpm?

[@guitareimprovisation]

170 bpm :-)

[@frank-79]

@@guitareimprovisation thank you!

[@jkylijan734]

Cool ....thanx

[@kabelguy70]

Grace Nuri brought me here

[@christianrinnerhofer8123]

Nice

[@wilsonmwin7815]

Backing track funk

[@JimBowmansweb]

170 bpm

[@rillloudmother]

little bragging: i knew how to play this song before i even knew that it was 5/4.

[@freakesax]

commercials in the middle of the backing track oh no KZbin not acceptable i said no....

[@guitareimprovisation]

Oh, are you sure it happened? On KZbin, if the video is shorter than 8 minutes, an ad in the middle of the video is not possible. You probably reached the end of the backing track :-) Also, ads are a way for me to get paid for sharing this content with you.

[@cookiecollins9000]

100

[@blaiserolande5860]

8

[@cuentameunahistoria6303]

para mi es mejor la partitura? que diablos.............

[@maxxrj77]

enrolação danada

[@richsanches4984]

Ab-6? Minor 7 sounds better in this case. Never a Gypsy jazz tune.