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Odd Meters - 5/4 Part 1 (Take 5 example).

Nick Granville 14 lessons
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Odd Meters

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In this lesson I show how to approach playing in 5/4. Odd meters are not as scary as most people think if you have some kind of concept. This idea of this lesson is to give you that concept. I use the classic tune take 5 as an example and also my arrangement of DINDI as played by OTIS. 

Here is a YouTube video of this arrangement being played by my group OTIS with Vocalists Gillian Moorman on the New Zealand TV program, The Good Morning Show. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUJ9kL_5MpI

More to come on this topic. At some point I'll cove how to solo over this odd meter and cover 7/8, 7/4 and 9/8 etc. Any questions do let me know? 

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