Take Five
by Dave Brubeck · posted by mmolino54
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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
Tab
Tabbed by Luciano Baptista (which I got courtesy of the Harp-L list; another Harp-L member also suggested replacing all the -3'' with +3). You can use any key of harp, but the original song was in the key of Eb minor, so you would need a C# harp to play along with that recording. You can get the sheet music here:
http://www.kevsblues.com/FIVE.pdf
-3'' -4 -5 +6 -6' -6 -6' +6 -5
-3'' +4 -4 -5 -4 +4 -4
+4 -3'' -2 -3'' -3'' -4 -5
+6 -6' -6 -6' +6 -5
-3'' +4 -4 +4 -3'' -2 -3''
-5 -4 +4 -4
-4 -5 -4 -3'
-2 -3'' -3' -3 +4 +5 +4 -3''
-2'' -2 -3''' -3'' -3' -4 -3' -2
+2 -2'' -2 -3''' -3'' -3''' -3'' -3' +4
+4 -3 +4 -4' -4 -5 -4 -3'
-2 -3'' -3' -3 +4 +5 +4 -3''
-2'' -2 -3''' -3'' -3' -4 -3' -2
+2 -2 +4 -3' -3''
-3'' -4 -5 +6 -6' -6 -6' +6 -5
-3'' +4 -4 -5 -4 +4 -4
+4 -3'' -2 -3'' -3'' -4 -5 +6 -6'
-6 -6' +6 -5
-3'' +4 -4 +4 -3'' -2 -3''
-5 -4 +4 -4
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound
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