@@Superstacco a part of me would really like to see four levels of Four Brothers, two levels of Sonnymoon for Two, seven levels of Seven Steps to Heaven and what not!
I really love how he breaks this down - as someone who didn't grow up with jazz at all, I find some of the culture around it really impenetrable. This video actually made want to learn more instead of alienating me
Appreciate your comment. 100% agree. Jazz should be just as fun/as inclusive to learn as any other style in my opinion. Doing what we can do change this :).
@@spencergsmith Oh I wouldn't recommend them for learning at all, I doubt anyone new even could learn it. I'm just suggesting it as a bridge between the more easily and more impenetrable parts for listening.
I'm a very average drummer, in fact I have always been average at 4 instruments i can play, except maybe guitar which has been my main instrument. On the other hand i'm very good at improv , jamming with other musicians, merging into almost any style of music probably because i've always learned to play all instruments by ear. I have to admit it took ages but i don't regret it, but i can now quickly catch up and play along any songs even if i never heard them before. When i was a teenager playing blues and hard rock in highschool bands i was not interested or too lazy to learn how to read and count... The cool thing is i can now in my 40's easily hear and play each note separately from totally random 6-7 piano's chords for example. Same thing with the drum's groove until a certain level of complexity. Strangely i'm horrible when it comes to playing drum beats and other instruments at very low tempo... My point explaining all that is: I have 3 relatively young kids, and they have been listening to A LOT of music (on quality studio monitors) as soon they were born. Then as soon as they started to speak and sort of sing , i would challenge them to recognize instruments in the mix. We would also try to sing or add harmonies or try to sing only the guitar solo, then they started to be able to isolate and sing me the bass line way before they started to be interested in instruments or play with home piano. Now they're still kids, certainly not very technical or fast (under 11 years old for the oldest) But the 3 are freaks seating at the keyboard : listing and quite accurately play all instrument parts melodies along with songs i play for them and those ear training exercises. If they want to learn music properly take lessons, read music and understand music theory, harmony, arrangements or shredding an instrument, i will absolutely support them in that path... But i really question the way music is tough to our kids nowadays : starting with the theory and most of the time cutting most of the fun and the ear training part of it. At least that's how music is mostly taught in Europe's music school. The same mathematics can be a big turn off for some kids at a young age while their curiosity for sciences, passion , creative minds, and even logic thinking which doesn't reflect or shine in Math... I'm sure we're losing, potentially amazing creative musicians so as future super brilliant and creative scientists , biologist discoverers.... Which would 💯 and eventually catch with Math or music theory....
The first time I heard Take Five was in 1964 when I was 14. I instantly fell in love with it and all things Dave Brubeck. I am 71 and I love e to play it today.
So wonderful to hear that you're still playing! Truly is such a wonderful track. I remember hearing it for the first time, too - albeit at a much later date. Blew my mind; one of the first tracks I'd ever heard and realised that it had an odd time signature. I'm 20 now - mostly a guitarist, but very much wanting to get back into playing the drums. And when I do, this'll for sure be one of the first grooves I try and learn.
I never knew how to read drum notations until my first week of high school jazz band when this was given to me. I was set on understanding and perfecting it. It heightened my passion for drums and lead me down a wonderful path. This is still one of my favorite songs to date.
I’m not sure whether other drummers do this with odd time signatures, but I never count; I feel the rhythm and internalize the bass line and/or melody. Then I just “go with the flow” of the tune, and I never have to think about where 1 is. It frees me to play around the kit, use the bass line as an ostinato, even vary my own meter (as long as I give the band proper sense of 1). For example I could alternate between a feel of 1-2-3 1-2 and 1-2 1-2-3 or 1-2 pause 1-2-1-2 pause and play riffs within those frameworks. Similarly I love 7/4, because while playing straight 8ths on the hi hat I can do something like K-L-L-L-K-L-L and then K-L-K-L-L-K-L etc. SO many cool variations of kick and snare backbeat.
Yeah, but in order to "just feel" the rhythm like that, you need to learn to count first. The counting just becomes so natural that you don't really even need to think about it when you are playing - you just feel where the different beats are. But this is not something beginners can do easily. You don't develop good timing if you are never aware of where the beats are and how many beats there are in a measure. But of course once you internalize this stuff, you no longer have to consciously think about it. "Just feel it bro" is not good advice to beginners. If you don't need to think where the st beat is, you can feel it so naturally that you don't really lose it. But this is not something that one can just take for granted. But yes, of course professional drummers (or musicians in general) don't have to count every single rhythm. If you play at a high level, you need to internalize that stuff, so that focusing on your timing doesn't take all of your energy.
Fascinating video. As a "non drummer" this has really given me some insight into just how complicated and difficult the instrument is, and how hard someone like Morello is working - he is definitely not just keeping time.
For people just learning this song who have not dealt with jazz once before, remember, keep with it, do not get discouraged. I used to only play rock religiously, sat down to try this out, and took about an hour and a half to drill it down. Drumming just takes time, folks!
Yeah man, learning tough grooves is scares a lot of people away but once you realize and experience the feeling when it CLICKS, the learning process becomes a lot more interesting. Same goes for piano and guitar.
I seem to catch the pause between the first isolated note on the ride and the first Triplett, but then. I lose that pause before that second triplet when I try to speed it up. I keep having to go back to the sheet music.
Besides being able to play complex polyrhythms and solos with impeccable technique, Mr. Morello was undoubtedly the most musical drummer out there. His solos are highly musical and not just a display of his phenomenal chops.
@@redrick8900 ringo starr?? lmao ...as some sort of soloist or musical drum influence that is of a higher level? .... who's elementary rock drum fills and laxed playing style hasn't already been overplayed and emulated by other regular drummers thousands of times since the 1960s. ringo starr and Bonham shouldn't even be included in the same sentence as equal levels. Bonham is something like this video, his playing style in alot of Zep's songs takes multiple layers of synchopation and technique to nail down, whilst ringo is an elementary 60s rock drummer where all an experienced drummer has to do is listen to a Beatles song once, and they're able to sit down at the drum kit and nail the song down better than ringo.
@@DG-sf9ei What you re saying is that you don't know anything about drumming. " songs takes multiple layers of synchopation and technique to nail down" Any drummer of any skill knows that perfectly describes Ringo. His shuffle is almost impossible to duplicate. You are in the shallow end of the pool trying to describe the ocean as small.
@@redrick8900 What you are saying is that you shouldn't be playing drums. Ringo's shuffle,as you label it because you're an elementary 4/4 box drummer with very limited influence, is nothing more than a simplified Kansas City beat without the ghost notes. You can spew all the analogies about your elementary drum idol all day, but there's a reason the Beatles and their manager brought in numerous different session drummers into the Beatles albums......from Bernard Purdie to Mr White, and even Paul McCartney on 2 tracks...... BECAUSE RINGO CANT PLAY THE DRUMS, unless it's elementary 4/4 1960's bubble gum tunes. Get a life and do some factual research instead of making a moron of yourself as an amateur drummer in a YT comment section judging others you've never heard play drums. You speak in vague idiotic terms and false analogies, then think you're superior because your brain has even less talent and coordination than your limbs. Sad, yet funny.
Learned it perfectly with these 5 steps! Connects me to my dad's story about the day the DB quartet played Amsterdam in '62 where he - as a teenager and drummer - was the assistant to Mr.Morello at the Concertgebouw 😎
Amazing lesson. Starts with technical break down of the essential beat riff. Ends with the philosophy of improvising acquirement. A gleeful watch from start to finish. Begins as technical coordination but ends with musical application. A chigh class lesson in both learning the material aswell as how to teach it to students as a teacher also. As a teacher I've learned both from watching this lesson. 10/10 from me
Both the displayed notation and the recorded version of the tune are also nicely integrated into the lesson. I wish he had payed on the bridge too. That has different accents.
As a long time admirer of jazz drummers, who hasn't gotten around to learning the instrument yet, I'm filing this video away for later. Very concise and clear explanation, thank you so much!
Where were you when I was first learning this?! I'm relatively new to jazz (2 years) but had listened to this tune so many times and felt it was just out of reach. But I pretty much did how you instructed here. Broke it down, played slow, built of progressive competency. Today, it's my favorite tune play, especially the subtleties of the snare. Thanks for putting this together. Such a great tutorial. Cheers!
As someone who is trying to improve their limp independence, ghost notes on the snare, dynamics overall, and swing ability these jazz tutorials are awesome. Keep them coming!
Excellent! I've been a Joe Morello fan since the 1960s. I bought the 45 of Take Five, and was lucky enough to see him play with the Dave Brubeck Quartet a couple of times. As a teenager, I tried to play the drums, but failed miserably. The only thing I could do like Joe was to push my glasses back up my nose when they slipped.
Love the breakdown. Way back when I first took lessons my drum teacher tried to get me to be an all-rounder but all I cared about was rock. This makes me want to give jazz a try after all these years.
Thank you, I have never touched a drum set, I am a bassoonist, and then was put on set for class mini ensembles and my group chose take five and put me on set, soooo thank you!!!
I learnt Take 5 when I was a kid, like 14-16 years old. My drum teacher - who was an old guy then, an alcoholic cafe drummer, hardly could play anything decent anymore at that time - BUT he hand written down the whole Take 5 drum part, it's solo and everything and teached me. We played Take 5 for decades on our concerts with our percussion band and it was so awesome when you step by step could build you own 5/4 drum parts but staying true to the original. Loved Take Five.
I must say that when I saw a new Drumeo video with this title, my first thought was “oh man, this is going to be some young rock drummer giving a half-ass lesson on playing Take Five.” I’ll gladly admit that I was wrong! Excellent job.
This IS really good. Thank you! The slow breakdown really helps. I'm sitting here at my desk with two pens and my left foot on a sheet of paper for the high hat and totally feeling it. So, interesting how the snare hits take this to another planet and almost mask the simplicity of the rest of it.
Yes. It’s easier to hear it as alternating bars of 3/4 and 2/4, so in this case, instead of counting 1-2-3-4-5, you can break it down to 1-2-3,1-2, 1-2-3,1-2, etc. Then you will really feel the groove and be less likely to get lost.
Exactly DKassel.!!! Perfect… Each player may have a mentor/teacher that will explain and demonstrate your idea in a way based on the students experience levels … Joe Morello like jaco turned the world on its ear… such quintessential moments in musical history- Beatles….Brubeck jaco - trane--Miles. And so many more. And… the same could be said for DRUMEO for our community!
I have been playing this song wrong for years. Still in 5/4 Time, but the way this video shows how to play different levels really would’ve had me playing this song with a better sound so many years ago. Thank you so much for doing this video.
As ever with a piece in 5 (or 7 etc) it often helps to break the bar down into 2s and 3s, so either 1,2,3,1,2 or 1,2,1,2,3 depending on where the stresses lie within the bar (in the case of Take 5, it's 1,2,3, 1,2). Makes it a bit more intuitive.
One of the best drum lessons i've ever watched. The method you used, worked perfect to this Groove..congrats. I like all your lessons. But this one hit right in the spot. Thanks a lot. There i go...level by level...
Thank YOU! I totally mastered that 5/4 groove within a week...which abroaded my skills imenselly when It comes to play jazz...even the standard 4/4 and other time signatures...as well my comping, got much better....as soon as i watched that vídeo, i knew It would be a game changer...🏆
This Truly is One that Should be in a Drummers repertoire (I play this during bat room breaks when my Brothers grab a Beer) COOL/Fun Tune To Play for sure. It's got that Groove about it.
I don't even play Drums ..I'm a Singer/bassist/sax but I have in last few years really fallen in love with jazz.. I will encourage any musician, be it singers, bassists, sax players to use some time on drum lessons like these, just try to clap along, at least..
Ive always loved rock and never thought much of jazz. Now at my advanced age i have discovered just how awesome jazz is and that id like to be able to play drums in jazz more than any other style. It just has a groove and a tastiness rock just doesnt have.
Fantastic how carefully you serve this complex track in 5 levels, so that even beginners can follow your instructions. I really love Drumeo and your video lessons. Thank you 🖖
I was shopping for a set of speakers for my computer, and the salesman demonstrated a Creative Audio system with Take Five. SOLD! It sounded great, and was a piece I was familiar with.
Brandon you have done it again. Your demeanor and style of teaching is just so friendly. You will have a long career in playing and teaching playing the drums. Cheers. Bill.
What a great idea and brilliantly explained. There’s some tough stuff here but the five step plan lays it all out. Might be 5 mins, 5 days, 5 weeks or 5 years … but it’s doable. Fab.
Been playing this since I was 16, did a HS talent show with a couple people I was in jazz band with. Josh even did a solo section, and I got a solo section. I added some stuff I was working on with Joe's "far more drums" (actually you can hear it on the 1959, "time out" album)
Joe Morello was one hell of a Jazz drummer, drums was the very 1st instrument that grabbed my attention as a grade schooler I took some Saturday morning drum lessons in Milwaukee many years ago wish I'd taken it further, then the six string beckoned to me and I went further on the guitar. anyway Joe had those coca cola bottom eye glasses giving him that genius of the skins that nerdy look, when I first listened to his solo on the recording Take Five it hit me so hard I said to myself this guy had to be on the Dog food to blast out a drum solo like that was I mistaken he was just that damn innovative and good !
I have never seen a similar video, I am amazingly grateful; For many years I have loved Jazz, but I find it difficult to play it. Your work for us is very generous. Thanks a lot!!
Thank you for this. I'm a musician and I was struggling to even understand the timing but this made it so clear. I wouldn't be able to play on drums but now I can mess around playing guitar over it
Excellent breakdown of an iconic song. I like especially how you demonstrate each section slowly while encouraging people to practice it slowly in order to learn the music. Too often people give up on a challenge because they try to master it too quickly. ( I have been guilty of that mistake in the past).
As so many have said excellent tutorial. U’ve unlocked the mystery. I have two wishes: 1) Can you continue to vocalize the count over each play speed as you did in the beginning. 2) Can you add one more medium tempo between slow and up to tempo. So glad you are out there teaching
Your are a very good teacher! To bad I started learning drums too late. When I was young, i had no possibility to learn it. No space, no money, no teacher. With 50, ten years ago, I started, but I was to old or to have patience for that. So today i enjoy watching and listening to professionals like you.
I’m really glad you did five levels of this, it’s just the right thing to do
Agreed 😁
This was perfect!
This ought to be a series. Great concept!
It is the only way I was able to learn Rosanna was a similar lesson, building the beat one part at a time. Just easier to understand and to practice.
@@Superstacco a part of me would really like to see four levels of Four Brothers, two levels of Sonnymoon for Two, seven levels of Seven Steps to Heaven and what not!
I really love how he breaks this down - as someone who didn't grow up with jazz at all, I find some of the culture around it really impenetrable. This video actually made want to learn more instead of alienating me
Appreciate your comment. 100% agree. Jazz should be just as fun/as inclusive to learn as any other style in my opinion. Doing what we can do change this :).
check out The Bad Plus, they're the kind of jazz that's usually impenetrable to me, but they do covers of popular songs, so it's much more accessible
@@pietzschethey’re accessible (and awesome) to listen to, but they shouldn’t be a musician’s first foray into learning how to play jazz.
@@spencergsmith Oh I wouldn't recommend them for learning at all, I doubt anyone new even could learn it.
I'm just suggesting it as a bridge between the more easily and more impenetrable parts for listening.
I'm a very average drummer, in fact I have always been average at 4 instruments i can play, except maybe guitar which has been my main instrument. On the other hand i'm very good at improv , jamming with other musicians, merging into almost any style of music probably because i've always learned to play all instruments by ear.
I have to admit it took ages but i don't regret it, but i can now quickly catch up and play along any songs even if i never heard them before. When i was a teenager playing blues and hard rock in highschool bands i was not interested or too lazy to learn how to read and count...
The cool thing is i can now in my 40's easily hear and play each note separately from totally random 6-7 piano's chords for example. Same thing with the drum's groove until a certain level of complexity.
Strangely i'm horrible when it comes to playing drum beats and other instruments at very low tempo...
My point explaining all that is: I have 3 relatively young kids, and they have been listening to A LOT of music (on quality studio monitors) as soon they were born.
Then as soon as they started to speak and sort of sing , i would challenge them to recognize instruments in the mix. We would also try to sing or add harmonies or try to sing only the guitar solo, then they started to be able to isolate and sing me the bass line way before they started to be interested in instruments or play with home piano.
Now they're still kids, certainly not very technical or fast (under 11 years old for the oldest)
But the 3 are freaks seating at the keyboard : listing and quite accurately play all instrument parts melodies along with songs i play for them and those ear training exercises.
If they want to learn music properly take lessons, read music and understand music theory, harmony, arrangements or shredding an instrument, i will absolutely support them in that path...
But i really question the way music is tough to our kids nowadays : starting with the theory and most of the time cutting most of the fun and the ear training part of it. At least that's how music is mostly taught in Europe's music school.
The same mathematics can be a big turn off for some kids at a young age while their curiosity for sciences, passion , creative minds, and even logic thinking which doesn't reflect or shine in Math...
I'm sure we're losing, potentially amazing creative musicians so as future super brilliant and creative scientists , biologist discoverers.... Which would 💯 and eventually catch with Math or music theory....
The first time I heard Take Five was in 1964 when I was 14. I instantly fell in love with it and all things Dave Brubeck. I am 71 and I love e to play it today.
So wonderful to hear that you're still playing! Truly is such a wonderful track. I remember hearing it for the first time, too - albeit at a much later date. Blew my mind; one of the first tracks I'd ever heard and realised that it had an odd time signature. I'm 20 now - mostly a guitarist, but very much wanting to get back into playing the drums. And when I do, this'll for sure be one of the first grooves I try and learn.
My man. You had better be darn good at it by now. ;)
I never knew how to read drum notations until my first week of high school jazz band when this was given to me. I was set on understanding and perfecting it. It heightened my passion for drums and lead me down a wonderful path. This is still one of my favorite songs to date.
I’m not sure whether other drummers do this with odd time signatures, but I never count; I feel the rhythm and internalize the bass line and/or melody. Then I just “go with the flow” of the tune, and I never have to think about where 1 is. It frees me to play around the kit, use the bass line as an ostinato, even vary my own meter (as long as I give the band proper sense of 1). For example I could alternate between a feel of 1-2-3 1-2 and 1-2 1-2-3 or 1-2 pause 1-2-1-2 pause and play riffs within those frameworks.
Similarly I love 7/4, because while playing straight 8ths on the hi hat I can do something like K-L-L-L-K-L-L and then K-L-K-L-L-K-L etc. SO many cool variations of kick and snare backbeat.
...I totally agree, it is exactly like that.
Yeah, I only count on ocassion, but otherwise this is the easiest and most musical way to play.
Yeah, but in order to "just feel" the rhythm like that, you need to learn to count first. The counting just becomes so natural that you don't really even need to think about it when you are playing - you just feel where the different beats are. But this is not something beginners can do easily. You don't develop good timing if you are never aware of where the beats are and how many beats there are in a measure. But of course once you internalize this stuff, you no longer have to consciously think about it. "Just feel it bro" is not good advice to beginners.
If you don't need to think where the st beat is, you can feel it so naturally that you don't really lose it. But this is not something that one can just take for granted.
But yes, of course professional drummers (or musicians in general) don't have to count every single rhythm. If you play at a high level, you need to internalize that stuff, so that focusing on your timing doesn't take all of your energy.
I was gonna agree until you said don’t worry about where one is. You sound like a nightmare to play with
@@RefillerName I was going to agree until he said “meter”
Wow! He really broke this song down into the most simple components. That’s a teacher!
I play various saxes in jazz bands for 25 years. I've never seen such a good, clear explanation of Take Five. Thank you.
I was so blessed to study for a year with Joe Morello back when I was in the Army Band in New Jersey.
Wow, when was that? That´s so awesome, hope you learnt a lot from him!
Fascinating video. As a "non drummer" this has really given me some insight into just how complicated and difficult the instrument is, and how hard someone like Morello is working - he is definitely not just keeping time.
For people just learning this song who have not dealt with jazz once before, remember, keep with it, do not get discouraged. I used to only play rock religiously, sat down to try this out, and took about an hour and a half to drill it down. Drumming just takes time, folks!
Yeah man, learning tough grooves is scares a lot of people away but once you realize and experience the feeling when it CLICKS, the learning process becomes a lot more interesting. Same goes for piano and guitar.
It's that darn left hand and foot can't keep it together!
I seem to catch the pause between the first isolated note on the ride and the first Triplett, but then. I lose that pause before that second triplet when I try to speed it up. I keep having to go back to the sheet music.
"Drumming takes time" nice one
It’s not so bad once you get used to it
Besides being able to play complex polyrhythms and solos with impeccable technique, Mr. Morello was undoubtedly the most musical drummer out there. His solos are highly musical and not just a display of his phenomenal chops.
Agreed. He is on another planet.
Try listening to John Bonham or Ringo Starr. Jazz isn't about being musical. It's about showing off chops.
@@redrick8900 ringo starr?? lmao ...as some sort of soloist or musical drum influence that is of a higher level? .... who's elementary rock drum fills and laxed playing style hasn't already been overplayed and emulated by other regular drummers thousands of times since the 1960s. ringo starr and Bonham shouldn't even be included in the same sentence as equal levels. Bonham is something like this video, his playing style in alot of Zep's songs takes multiple layers of synchopation and technique to nail down, whilst ringo is an elementary 60s rock drummer where all an experienced drummer has to do is listen to a Beatles song once, and they're able to sit down at the drum kit and nail the song down better than ringo.
@@DG-sf9ei What you re saying is that you don't know anything about drumming.
" songs takes multiple layers of synchopation and technique to nail down"
Any drummer of any skill knows that perfectly describes Ringo. His shuffle is almost impossible to duplicate. You are in the shallow end of the pool trying to describe the ocean as small.
@@redrick8900 What you are saying is that you shouldn't be playing drums. Ringo's shuffle,as you label it because you're an elementary 4/4 box drummer with very limited influence, is nothing more than a simplified Kansas City beat without the ghost notes. You can spew all the analogies about your elementary drum idol all day, but there's a reason the Beatles and their manager brought in numerous different session drummers into the Beatles albums......from Bernard Purdie to Mr White, and even Paul McCartney on 2 tracks...... BECAUSE RINGO CANT PLAY THE DRUMS, unless it's elementary 4/4 1960's bubble gum tunes. Get a life and do some factual research instead of making a moron of yourself as an amateur drummer in a YT comment section judging others you've never heard play drums. You speak in vague idiotic terms and false analogies, then think you're superior because your brain has even less talent and coordination than your limbs. Sad, yet funny.
Brandon has to be one of the BEST drum instructors I have ever encountered! Personable and precise! I REALLY appreciate this guy!
Best step-by-step breakdown of "Take Five" ever!
Much appreciated!!
Learned it perfectly with these 5 steps! Connects me to my dad's story about the day the DB quartet played Amsterdam in '62 where he - as a teenager and drummer - was the assistant to Mr.Morello at the Concertgebouw 😎
What an awesome story to have in the family - bravo!
My first time playing this tune, I was told to say “Who Parked The Car? I did.” And I played that on the ride and filled in the rest.
What if you don't drive?
@@Karl_with_a_K
"Who parked the car? Not me."
Amazing lesson. Starts with technical break down of the essential beat riff. Ends with the philosophy of improvising acquirement. A gleeful watch from start to finish. Begins as technical coordination but ends with musical application. A chigh class lesson in both learning the material aswell as how to teach it to students as a teacher also. As a teacher I've learned both from watching this lesson. 10/10 from me
Both the displayed notation and the recorded version of the tune are also nicely integrated into the lesson. I wish he had payed on the bridge too. That has different accents.
I'm not a drummer but I found this breakdown fascinating.
pick up some sticks man, its fun as fuck
As a drummer that had to play this in the past without any idea of how to, thank you. Now I know exactly how bad it was back then
Just remember as a drummer. No one was there to see you and they didn't even notice. Don't work too hard ;)
@@jerbear7952They only notice when the singer gives you a dirty look.
As a long time admirer of jazz drummers, who hasn't gotten around to learning the instrument yet, I'm filing this video away for later. Very concise and clear explanation, thank you so much!
Have fun!
great !!! at the end , I ve got the target
..Learning this fantastic rithm...thanx !!
Where were you when I was first learning this?! I'm relatively new to jazz (2 years) but had listened to this tune so many times and felt it was just out of reach. But I pretty much did how you instructed here. Broke it down, played slow, built of progressive competency. Today, it's my favorite tune play, especially the subtleties of the snare. Thanks for putting this together. Such a great tutorial. Cheers!
As someone who is trying to improve their limp independence, ghost notes on the snare, dynamics overall, and swing ability these jazz tutorials are awesome. Keep them coming!
Awesome. Have fun!
Excellent! I've been a Joe Morello fan since the 1960s. I bought the 45 of Take Five, and was lucky enough to see him play with the Dave Brubeck Quartet a couple of times. As a teenager, I tried to play the drums, but failed miserably. The only thing I could do like Joe was to push my glasses back up my nose when they slipped.
Thanx for breaking it down with a slow, easy to absorb, demo. As a new drummer, at 69, I really appreciate this! 😎
Happy to help, Peter!
The way you break this down, or rather, build this up, is golden. Thanks a ton for this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the breakdown. Way back when I first took lessons my drum teacher tried to get me to be an all-rounder but all I cared about was rock. This makes me want to give jazz a try after all these years.
Thank you, I have never touched a drum set, I am a bassoonist, and then was put on set for class mini ensembles and my group chose take five and put me on set, soooo thank you!!!
Cool video. Joe's playing on that tune was the first drummer to make me go "WHOA! I want to play like that". His touch and groove is second to none.
Great! Even at level 1, you can "hear" the song just with your counting!
Today drummers have a great weapon to understand and discover drum technique. Thank you guys for your knowledge and hard work.
Great way to get started on thisThanks Brandon and Drumeo !!
Cheers Jerry!
One of the coolest songs ever recorded.
I learnt Take 5 when I was a kid, like 14-16 years old. My drum teacher - who was an old guy then, an alcoholic cafe drummer, hardly could play anything decent anymore at that time - BUT he hand written down the whole Take 5 drum part, it's solo and everything and teached me. We played Take 5 for decades on our concerts with our percussion band and it was so awesome when you step by step could build you own 5/4 drum parts but staying true to the original. Loved Take Five.
Brandon you're a true professional. What an amazingly excellent step by step and encouraging instructional that supports everyone. Brilliant!
Thank you, Michael! Appreciate you checking out the lesson :).
this was so perfect moving over from jazz piano and learning drums knowing the song by heart on that instrument.
I must say that when I saw a new Drumeo video with this title, my first thought was “oh man, this is going to be some young rock drummer giving a half-ass lesson on playing Take Five.” I’ll gladly admit that I was wrong! Excellent job.
Appreciate it Thanks for checking it out :).
This IS really good. Thank you! The slow breakdown really helps. I'm sitting here at my desk with two pens and my left foot on a sheet of paper for the high hat and totally feeling it. So, interesting how the snare hits take this to another planet and almost mask the simplicity of the rest of it.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. I never would have been able to do it without you breaking it down so much. Do more songs.
Superb presentation… THANKS! “SUBDIVIDING”-- the longer measures in odd meters helps the beginners.-consult your mentors!
Thank you!! And great advice!
Yes. It’s easier to hear it as alternating bars of 3/4 and 2/4, so in this case, instead of counting 1-2-3-4-5, you can break it down to 1-2-3,1-2, 1-2-3,1-2, etc. Then you will really feel the groove and be less likely to get lost.
Exactly DKassel.!!! Perfect…
Each player may have a mentor/teacher that will explain and demonstrate your idea in a way based on the students experience levels …
Joe Morello like jaco turned the world on its ear… such quintessential moments in musical history- Beatles….Brubeck jaco - trane--Miles. And so many more.
And… the same could be said for DRUMEO for our community!
I love you picked a guy who resembles Joe Morello ... and he does a great job of breaking down a wonderful tune!
Thank you so much!
When we were putting this video together we were thinking, "Brandon looks like he could be Joe's grandson!!"
I have been playing this song wrong for years. Still in 5/4 Time, but the way this video shows how to play different levels really would’ve had me playing this song with a better sound so many years ago. Thank you so much for doing this video.
Thank YOU for watching :).
This is wonderful. This guy knows how to teach.
Thank you!🙏🏻
Great demo and what is going to be a favourite independence exercise for the next little while. Thank you.
Cheers!
Great synopsis. Awesome. Morello and the Dave Brubeck Quartet: Live at Carnegie Hall, Take Five, 'nuf said.
As ever with a piece in 5 (or 7 etc) it often helps to break the bar down into 2s and 3s, so either 1,2,3,1,2 or 1,2,1,2,3 depending on where the stresses lie within the bar (in the case of Take 5, it's 1,2,3, 1,2). Makes it a bit more intuitive.
Thanks for this. Love Joe Morello, my number one favourite drummer.
Glad you enjoyed it, David!
first jazz tune i ever learned to play, got me comfy playing odd times and playing jazz
Thank you for this! I worked so hard on this song 40+ years ago and your video breaks it down so well. I love the 5 levels. Brilliant!
Glad you enjoyed it, James!
I’m at skill level ZERO… I could never play this, but I love this song and love the way you broke down the drums in this video.
Very very cool breakdown. He actually taught each level at a pace anyone trying to learn can understand. Well done young man.
One of the best drum lessons i've ever watched. The method you used, worked perfect to this Groove..congrats. I like all your lessons. But this one hit right in the spot. Thanks a lot. There i go...level by level...
Thank you very much. Glad to hear this!
Thank YOU! I totally mastered that 5/4 groove within a week...which abroaded my skills imenselly when It comes to play jazz...even the standard 4/4 and other time signatures...as well my comping, got much better....as soon as i watched that vídeo, i knew It would be a game changer...🏆
In my opinion everybody in the Dave Brubeck quartet complemented everybody else. Thnx
Drummer is the hardest job in the world, they deserve every beat/penny they make.
I got your Drummers Toolbox book. Very impressive work you put together. Smart little drum beater. Thanks
Glad you’re enjoying the book!
This Truly is One that Should be in a Drummers repertoire (I play this during bat room breaks when my Brothers grab a Beer)
COOL/Fun Tune To Play for sure. It's got that Groove about it.
Ok. Those cymbals are amazing.
Istanbul Agop 30th Anniversaries :).
@@BrandonToews thnx for the info. Beautiful sound. Very balanced stick and wash.
I don't even play Drums ..I'm a Singer/bassist/sax but I have in last few years really fallen in love with jazz.. I will encourage any musician, be it singers, bassists, sax players to use some time on drum lessons like these, just try to clap along, at least..
Your a great teacher and finelly I learn to play jazz in few hours. Your a great musician and drummer generous
I’m not a drummer, I’m a bass player, but, I’m also a huge Brubeck fan. You broke this down to a doable plan. Awesome!
Glad to hear!
This track is awesome! One of the first patterns I ever taught myself to play... I dunno how, but it just worked out.
I love how he breaks it down. Its fun and challenging.
Great way of breaking down the song on drums. Great teaching, thanks
Thanks, Greg!
Ive always loved rock and never thought much of jazz. Now at my advanced age i have discovered just how awesome jazz is and that id like to be able to play drums in jazz more than any other style. It just has a groove and a tastiness rock just doesnt have.
Fantastic how carefully you serve this complex track in 5 levels, so that even beginners can follow your instructions. I really love Drumeo and your video lessons. Thank you 🖖
I was shopping for a set of speakers for my computer, and the salesman demonstrated a Creative Audio system with Take Five. SOLD! It sounded great, and was a piece I was familiar with.
Great fun. Take Five is one of my favorite songs 🎵❤
Thanks for watching! :)
Excellent Video…much appreciated!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brandon you have done it again. Your demeanor and style of teaching is just so friendly. You will have a long career in playing and teaching playing the drums. Cheers. Bill.
What a great idea and brilliantly explained. There’s some tough stuff here but the five step plan lays it all out. Might be 5 mins, 5 days, 5 weeks or 5 years … but it’s doable. Fab.
As a bassist, I had a great time just jamming along with you, both slow and fast.
Absolutely classic
Fantastic breakdown. The levels are a great method.
Nicely broken down 🥁
This is amazing stuff. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Been playing this since I was 16, did a HS talent show with a couple people I was in jazz band with. Josh even did a solo section, and I got a solo section. I added some stuff I was working on with Joe's "far more drums" (actually you can hear it on the 1959, "time out" album)
Great breakdown. Great teaching skills!
Thank you so much!
This is undoubtedly the best version of how to play take 5, thanks so much, level 3 moving to 4 soon.
Awesome! Thanks for checking it out :).
Great breakdown. One of my target songs made more achievable. Thanks!
Awesome!
What an amazing way to teach. Thank you so much!
Thanks, Calvin!
Joe Morello was one hell of a Jazz drummer, drums was the very 1st instrument that grabbed my attention as a grade schooler I took some Saturday morning drum lessons in Milwaukee many years ago wish I'd taken it further, then the six string beckoned to me and I went further on the guitar. anyway Joe had those coca cola bottom eye glasses giving him that genius of the skins that nerdy look, when I first listened to his solo on the recording Take Five it hit me so hard I said to myself this guy had to be on the Dog food to blast out a drum solo like that was I mistaken he was just that damn innovative and good !
I have never seen a similar video, I am amazingly grateful; For many years I have loved Jazz, but I find it difficult to play it. Your work for us is very generous. Thanks a lot!!
Classic Tune. Legendary Crew. Crazy I was Just playing along with this tune an hour ago. So much fun, such a Groove. Two Outtasite Solos.
Excellent! I never knew so much was happening in Take Five
Hi Brandon - great breakdown of Take 5 - & demonstrating 5 versions of the song that will play true even if just a beginner.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Probably the best video on Take Five! Thanks a lot!
Thank YOU! :)
I love the step by step approach.
Thank you for this. I'm a musician and I was struggling to even understand the timing but this made it so clear. I wouldn't be able to play on drums but now I can mess around playing guitar over it
Absoltuní bomba, thanx! It looked so hard, but U showed it’s ok…Thanx for your job.
Thank you for the 5 levels of take 5.
One of the most iconic songs ever
Excellent instruction
This is an excellent way to approach, present and teach this or any drumming routine.
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Really good introduction to jazz drumming in 5 ...well done ! and thank you !!
Thanks, Pat!
Excellent breakdown of an iconic song. I like especially how you demonstrate each section slowly while encouraging people to practice it slowly in order to learn the music. Too often people give up on a challenge because they try to master it too quickly. ( I have been guilty of that mistake in the past).
You guys at Drumeo really know how to communicate with drummers, because you ARE drummers!
I’m a bass player but I was stepping and slapping along, it was so much fun!
you lost me at level 4 though 😂
As so many have said excellent tutorial. U’ve unlocked the mystery. I have two wishes: 1) Can you continue to vocalize the count over each play speed as you did in the beginning. 2) Can you add one more medium tempo between slow and up to tempo. So glad you are out there teaching
Nice lesson. That ride is divine.
Your are a very good teacher! To bad I started learning drums too late. When I was young, i had no possibility to learn it. No space, no money, no teacher. With 50, ten years ago, I started, but I was to old or to have patience for that. So today i enjoy watching and listening to professionals like you.
Your never too old - you just have to want it bad enough.
This guy is a brain. I love the way he breakdown songs. Keep it going 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🙏🙏🤘🤘🤘
Excellent video !
Excellent Teaching by breaking down all parts of the grove.