"Take 5" became famous for its use of quintuple time, from which its name is derived. While Take Five was not the first jazz composition to use this meter, it was the first of mainstream significance.
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"Take 5" became famous for its use of quintuple time, from which its name is derived. While Take Five was not the first jazz composition to use this meter, it was the first of mainstream significance.
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