Take Five tab by Dave Brubeck
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Take Five - Dave Brubeck
(In memory of Abe)
Part [A]
Gm7 Dm7 Gm7 Dm7
5/4 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------1-||--2-3-2-1-------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------0-3---||*---------3-----------|-0-----------2h3p2p0------|
|---------------0-------||*-------------0---3---|---------------------3----|
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
Gm7 Dm7 Gm7 ---------1st time only
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------1--||
|--0-----------------------|---------------0-3---*||
|--------------3h5p3p0-----|-0-----------0-------*||
|----------------------3---|----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
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Part [B]
Eb Cm6 Dm Gm7 Cm7 F7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-3---0-------------|---2-----------------|---0-----------------|
||----------1-----0-1-2-|-3-----3-0---------0-|-1-----1-------------|
||--------------3-------|-------------1-3-4---|---------3---0-1-3-4-|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Cm6 Dm Gm7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-0-3---0-------------|---2-----------------|
|--0---0-1-3---3-2-3-4-|---------1-----0-1-2-|-3-----3-0---------0-|
|----4-----------------|-------------3-------|-------------1-3-4---|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Cm7 F7 D7 to [A]
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------1-||
|----0-----------------|---------------0-3---||
|--1-----1---------3-1-|-0-----------0-------||
|----------3---0-3-----|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
Part [C] one octave higher than [A]
Gm7 Dm7 Gm7 Dm7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|------------------6-8-||--9-109-8-6-----------|-------------------------|
|----------------8-----||------------------6---|-8-----------10h11p10----|
|--------------7-------||*-------------7-------|---------------------10--|
|----------------------||*---------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
Gm7 Dm7 Gm7 ---------1st time only
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------------|-----------------6-8--||
|--------------------------|---------------8------||
|--12----------10h12p10----|-------------7-------*||
|----------------------10--|-12------------------*||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
Part [D] one octave higher than [B]
Eb Cm6 Dm Gm7 Cm7 F7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||----6-----------------|---5-----------------|---3-----------------|
||--8-----8---------4-5-|-6-----6---------2-3-|-4-----4-----------2-|
||----------8---5-7-----|---------7---3-5-----|---------5---2-3-5---|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Cm6 Dm Gm7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|----------------------|---6-----------------|---5-----------------|
|--3-2-3-4-6---6-5-6-7-|-8-----8---------4-5-|-6-----6---------2-3-|
|----------------------|---------8---5-7-----|---------7---3-5-----|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Cm7 F7 D7 to [C]
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|----3-------------1---|-----------------6-8-||
|--4-----4-------1---4-|-3-------------8-----||
|----------5---2-------|-------------7-------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
Take Five - Dave Brubeck
(In memory of Abe)
Part [A]
Gm7 Dm7 Gm7 Dm7
5/4 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------1-||--2-3-2-1-------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------0-3---||*---------3-----------|-0-----------2h3p2p0------|
|---------------0-------||*-------------0---3---|---------------------3----|
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
Gm7 Dm7 Gm7 ---------1st time only
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------1--||
|--0-----------------------|---------------0-3---*||
|--------------3h5p3p0-----|-0-----------0-------*||
|----------------------3---|----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
Part [B]
Eb Cm6 Dm Gm7 Cm7 F7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-3---0-------------|---2-----------------|---0-----------------|
||----------1-----0-1-2-|-3-----3-0---------0-|-1-----1-------------|
||--------------3-------|-------------1-3-4---|---------3---0-1-3-4-|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Cm6 Dm Gm7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-0-3---0-------------|---2-----------------|
|--0---0-1-3---3-2-3-4-|---------1-----0-1-2-|-3-----3-0---------0-|
|----4-----------------|-------------3-------|-------------1-3-4---|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Cm7 F7 D7 to [A]
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------1-||
|----0-----------------|---------------0-3---||
|--1-----1---------3-1-|-0-----------0-------||
|----------3---0-3-----|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
Part [C] one octave higher than [A]
Gm7 Dm7 Gm7 Dm7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|------------------6-8-||--9-109-8-6-----------|-------------------------|
|----------------8-----||------------------6---|-8-----------10h11p10----|
|--------------7-------||*-------------7-------|---------------------10--|
|----------------------||*---------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
Gm7 Dm7 Gm7 ---------1st time only
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------------|-----------------6-8--||
|--------------------------|---------------8------||
|--12----------10h12p10----|-------------7-------*||
|----------------------10--|-12------------------*||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
Part [D] one octave higher than [B]
Eb Cm6 Dm Gm7 Cm7 F7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||----6-----------------|---5-----------------|---3-----------------|
||--8-----8---------4-5-|-6-----6---------2-3-|-4-----4-----------2-|
||----------8---5-7-----|---------7---3-5-----|---------5---2-3-5---|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Cm6 Dm Gm7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|----------------------|---6-----------------|---5-----------------|
|--3-2-3-4-6---6-5-6-7-|-8-----8---------4-5-|-6-----6---------2-3-|
|----------------------|---------8---5-7-----|---------7---3-5-----|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Cm7 F7 D7 to [C]
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|----3-------------1---|-----------------6-8-||
|--4-----4-------1---4-|-3-------------8-----||
|----------5---2-------|-------------7-------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
Posted by: Risto Virtanen ()
Somebody asked for this a while ago, so here's my version.
This includes tabs for melody, accompaniment and bass + chords.
Key is not original:-( Comments welcome...
Take Five by Dave Brubeck (TAB © by Roisto)
Time: 5/4 Key: Em
Notation:
|: :| repeat
/1. first time
/2. second time
-3- triplet
Melody:
Em Bm7 / Em Bm7 Em -3-
e |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------|
B |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------|
G |--------------------2-|:-3-4-3-2-------------|------------------------|
D |----------------2-5---|:---------5-----------|--2----------454-2--0---|
A |--------------2-------|:-------------2---5---|------------------------|
E |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . \ 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Em -3- /1. Em Bm7 \2.Em Bm7
e |----------------------|-----------------------:|----------------------|
B |----------------------|-----------------------:|--------------3-2-3-4-|
G |----------------------|--------------------2--:|----------------------|
D |--2---------020-------|----------------2-5----:|----------------------|
A |----------------2-0---|--2-----------2--------:|--2-------------------|
E |----------------------|-----------------------:|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . / 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Bridge
C F#m7-5 Bm Em7 Am D7
e |----3-----------------|----2------------------|----------------------|
B |--5-----5-----------2-|--3-----3--------------|----5-----------------|
G |----------5---2-4-5---|----------4-----2-3-4--|--5-----5-2-------2-3-|
D |----------------------|--------------5--------|--------------4-5-----|
A |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
G
e |----------------------|
B |----------3---3-2-3-4-|
G |--4-3-4-5-------------|
D |----------------------|
A |----------------------|
E |----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
C F#m7-5 Bm Em7 Am D7
e |----3-----------------|----2------------------|----------------------|
B |--5-----5-----------2-|--3-----3--------------|----5-------------3---|
G |----------5---2-4-5---|----------4-----2-3-4--|--5-----5-2-----2---5-|
D |----------------------|--------------5--------|--------------4-------|
A |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Verse
F#m7 B7 / Em Bm7 Em -3-
e |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------|
B |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------|
G |-4------------------2-|:-3-4-3-2-------------|------------------------|
D |----------------2-5---|:---------5-----------|--2----------454-2--0---|
A |--------------2-------|:-------------2---5---|------------------------|
E |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . \ 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
-3- /1. /2.
e |----------------------|-----------------------:|----------------------|
B |----------------------|-----------------------:|----------------------|
G |----------------------|--------------------2--:|----------------------|
D |--2---------020-------|----------------2-5----:|----------------------|
A |----------------2-0---|--2-----------2--------:|--2-------------------|
E |----------------------|-----------------------:|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Accompaniment riff:
Em Bm7 Em Bm7
e |---------------------| |----------------------|
B |----5-----5-------3--| |----8-----8--------7--|
G |----4-----4-------2--| or |----9-----9--------7--|
D |----5-----5-------4--| |----9-----9--------7--|
A |--------------2------| |--7-----7-------------|
E |--0-----0------------| |--------------7----10-|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5
Bridge:
C F#m7-5 Bm Em7 Am D7
e |----0-----0-------5---|----2-----2-------3----|----0-----0-------2---|
B |----1-----1-------5---|----3-----3-------3----|----1-----1-------1---|
G |----0-----0-------5---|----4-----4-------4----|----2-----2-------2---|
D |--------2-----4-------|----4---------2--------|----2-----2---0-------|
A |--3-------------------|--2-----5--------------|--0-----3-------------|
E |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
/1. G /2. F#m7 B7
e |----------------------|-----------------------|
B |----0-----0-----------|----2-----2---4--------|
G |----0-----0-----------|----2-----2---2--------|
D |----0-----0---5---4---|----2-----2---4--------|
A |--------2-------------|------------------2----|
E |--3-------------------|--2-----2--------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Bass riff:
Em Bm7 or Em Bm7 or Em Bm7
G |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D |--2---------------0---|--2--------------------|----------------------|
A |--------------2-------|--------------2---5----|--7---------------5---|
E |----------------------|-----------------------|--------------7-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Bridge:
C F#m7-5 Bm Em7 Am D7
G |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D |----------2---4-------|----------0---2--------|--------------0-------|
A |--3---------------0---|--2--------------------|--0-------3-----------|
E |----------------------|------------------3----|------------------2---|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
G C F#m7-5 Bm Em7
G |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D |----------------------|----------2---4--------|----------0---2-------|
A |----------2---5---2---|--3--------------------|--2-------------------|
E |--3-------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Am D7 F#m7 B7 | Em Bm7
G |----------------------|----------2---4--------|----------------------|
D |--------------0---2---|--4--------------------|--2-------------------|
A |--0-------3-----------|------------------2----|----------------------|
E |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Keep on plucking;-)
TAKE FIVE (Dave Brubeck Quartet)
=========
-- comp. Paul Desmond, 1960 [Dave's alto saxophonist]
-- fingerstyle rhythm guitar "arrangement": tcg
-- 5/4 [think 1, 2, 3, 1, 2] // Key of Am (CM) // Allegro
INTRO:[play 'til sax player finishes his/her beer, feels like playin' "head"]
-----
Am7 Em9 Em9
||---------.----------.------2=====2------|| [3 different voicing-
||---------5----------5------3=====3------|| versions of Am7-Em9 will
||o--------5----------5------4=====4-----o|| be given eventually; feel
||o--------5----------5------------------o|| free to interchange these
||----------------------------------------|| at will. . . .]
||----5----------5-----------0-----3------||
duh DAH duh DAH DAH DAH [rhythmic motif sim thruout-->]
1 & (2) & 3 1 2 [--.-- = staccato]
A PART:
------- [<--repeat]
Am7 Em9 Am7 Em9 Am7 Em9 Am7 Em9
||---.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.--------||
||---5---5--3==3---|----5---5--3==3---|----5---5--7==7---|----5---5--3==3--||
||o--5---5--4==4---|----5---5--4==4---|----5---5--7==7---|----5---5--4==4-o||
||o--5---5--4==4---|----5---5--4==4---|----5---5--5==5---|----5---5--4==4-o||
||-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
||-5---5----0--3---|--5---5----0--3---|--5---5----7--0---|--5---5----0--3--||
B PART:
--------
FM7 Dm6 Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 CM7 Dm7 Em7
||----.----.-------|----.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.--.--.---|
||---10---10----10-|----8---8-----5---|----6---6-----3---|----5---5--6--8---|
||----9----9----10-|----7---7-----5---|----5---5-----4---|----4---4--5--7---|
||---10---10-----9-|----9---9-----5---|----7---7-----3---|----5---5--7--9---|
||-8----8----------|--7---7-----------|--5---5-----------|--3---3-----------|
||----------10==10-|-----------5==5---|-----------3==3---|-----------5--7---|
D.C.[->A part]
FM7 Dm6 Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 Bm7b5 E7
|----.----.--------|----.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.--.--.--||
|---10---10----10--|----8---8-----5---|----6---6-----3---|----6---6--5--5--||
|----9----9----10--|----7---7-----5---|----5---5-----4---|----7---7--7--7--||
|---10---10-----9--|----9---9-----5---|----7---7-----3---|----7---7--6--6--||
|-8----8-----------|--7---7-----------|--5---5-----------|-----------7--7--||
|----------10==10--|-----------5==5---|-----------3==3---|--7---7----------||
Possible SEQUENCE:
I-A*-B*-(A-B-)-"A"[extended/long improv]-A*-B*-I(fade out)...
*=play "head" melody
*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*
| Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) |
* ------------------------------- _-^-_ ------------------------------- *
| "--If I decide to practice a / o)=\ slight movement from right |
* to left . . . or from left { /===} to right . . . it's *
| nobody's business but my \ (=o=/ own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_) |
*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* ^-_=^ *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*
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