Playing Five Beats To The Measure. Hide captionDave Brubeck's crossover hit "Take Five" helped bring odd time signatures such as 5/4 to a mainstream audience.
Courtesy of the artist Lalo Schifrin's music for Mission Impossible is among the most celebrated themes in TV history, and one of the most appealing things about it, whether you're aware of it or not, is that it's in 5/4 time. Written for that iconic television series in the 1960's, the piece contains five beats to the measure, instead of the more typical three or four. (Count and you'll see — 1-2-3-4-5, 1-2-3-4-5.) You would think by now, in our sophisticated world, 5/4 time would be commonplace. Video. Natalie Dessay - Ah! non credea mirarti. Les contes d'Hoffmann(1) - Natalie Dessay-Olympia. Eddi Reader - The Banks O Doon. Doctor Atomic -Bhagavad Gîta Chorus. Nixon In China: Act II Scene 2b - I'm the Wife of Mao Zedong. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja - Simon Keenlyside.
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