"TAKE FIVE"
Douglas Niedt's arrangement of the great jazz standard by Paul Desmond. Made famous by the Dave Brubeck Quartet
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Learn to play Take Five. Included are 28 video guitar lessons shot close-up in high definition to teach you how to play Take 5 measure by measure. The package also includes: the score in standard notation and tab, an annotated score with detailed performance instructions, an annotated score with embedded videos, and more (see below). Learn to play Take 5 like a pro.
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This outstanding fingerstyle guitar arrangement of the music to Take 5 can be played on a
steel-string electric, acoustic, or nylon-string classical guitar.
This fingerstyle guitar solo version of the Take Five music is presented in an extraordinary format.
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Then, you get:
- The Annotated Score Without Videos
This version is marked with detailed instructions measure by measure, so you can masterfully play Take 5 with pro-level execution (32 pages in standard notation and tab)
(The sample below is a web image. The PDF version you receive will be crystal clear.)
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First, you get:
- The Take 5 classical guitar arrangement
(fingerstyle guitar) in standard notation and tab (11 pages)
(The sample below is a web image. The PDF version you receive will be crystal clear.)
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Next, you get:
- The Annotated Score With Embedded Videos
This is another annotated copy of the Take Five score with embedded high-def videos. Each page contains a measure with detailed performance instructions plus its matching hi-def video explaining how to play it (45 pages standard notation and tab).
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Finally:
- 28 High-Def Video Guitar Lessons
Douglas Niedt demonstrates how to play Take Five measure by measure in great detail.
Follow along with the annotated copy with detailed performance instructions.
Watch this sample of measure #1--put it on full screen
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This is an outstanding version of the
Take Five music and Take Five tab



PLAY IT LIKE A PRO will save you hours of frustration and wasted time trying to
learn this challenging piece.
The video guitar lessons will show you exactly what to do to help you learn to play Take
Five on a professional level. Learning the piece with a teacher would take many hours of
lessons and cost you hundreds of dollars.
You will not find an arrangement of Take Five of this quality anywhere else. It is the only
arrangement of Take 5 for classical guitar approved for publication by the publisher of
Paul Desmond’s music.
COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS:
1. Your computer must have a DVD drive. If you only have a CD drive, you will not be able to
access the DVD.
2. Your computer must be capable of playing Windows Media files. If you have a Mac, you can
play these videos by downloading the Windows Media Components for QuickTime by Flip4Mac
for free.
3. Your computer must have Adobe Reader 10 or later installed to play the videos in the PDF
titled “Take Five Annotated Score With Videos”.
Buy Now! "Take Five: PLAY IT LIKE A PRO"--credit card or PayPal.
Only $39.95, free shipping. Content is on two DVDs.
Available as a package only. It’s a complete, comprehensive, all-in-one guitar
lesson.
Includes the three versions of the classical guitar (fingerstyle guitar)
arrangement (88 pages of music) plus 28 video guitar lessons. Total
package is only $39.95. This is less than the cost of a one-hour guitar lesson
in most cities.
The music and videos will be sent to you on two DVDs with complete
instructions on how to access the materials from the discs. It’s easy breezy.
And, free shipping.
FAQs
Q. How advanced do I need to be to play this classical guitar or fingerstyle guitar arrangement,
and what techniques do I need to know?
A. It is assumed the guitarist attempting to play this arrangement has at least an
intermediate level command of the instrument. Basic techniques such as rest stroke, free
stroke, and bar technique should be second nature before working on this arrangement.
Q. Do I need above-average computer knowledge to use the DVDs?
A. Absolutely not. Put the DVD in your computer, open it and you are ready to go.
Instructions are sent with the DVDs. If you want to read them now, here they are.
Q. Can I print out the music? Can I save it and the videos to my computer?
A. Yes and yes. The music is in PDF format. Print it and save it to your computer as you
wish. You can also save the videos to your computer. However, it is almost 8 gigabytes of
material. You might want to play the videos from the DVDs if you don’t want to take up the
space on your computer.
Read more about Doug’s goals for this arrangement.
Read more about the story behind Take 5.
Read more about Paul Desmond, the composer of Take 5.
What is that opening rhythm and what are those Take 5 chords?
Listen to the classical guitar (fingerstyle guitar) arrangement of Take 5 in this video:
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Only $39.95, free shipping. Content is on two DVDs.