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Just take Five. You’re right this post is about the Jazz standard “Take Five” and odd meters. I understand that the rule is to break it down. 5/4  breaks down to 3/4 and 2/4 per measure.The beats on 1 and 4.
Interesting song, found a good lesson on YouTube “guitar reference and take five”

 

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Steve Vai practiced odd time signatures while walking around.  His footsteps were the 4 beats. Then he practiced saying the five, seven or whatever over the four. Vai says that breaking a rhythm down into two smaller portions gives an incorrect feel. I'm just repeating what he said as food for thought. It may have been in one of the books in the Steve Vai special our Steve offered awhile back.

Years ago when I was learning West African Mande music--mostly drums called dununs with bells and djembes--I often did this while walking. The majority of the music I learned was either 4/4 or 12/8. There are many off beat and mixed measures that I had to listen to over and over. Practice. Listen. Practice. Listen. An entire family of rhythms share a common part on a high-pitched drum in which nothing is on the beat. Thar's nothin' to hold onto! Aaaaaaaa!! It took a long time, and I never mastered those most advanced rhythms, but I had to get the feel correct or not play in dance class, for example.

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