Chords & Changes

Take Five

Take Five — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Take Five was composed by Paul Desmond. It dates from 1959. It is in Eb minor, 24 bars long, and in ABA (5/4) form.

Key facts

Composer	Paul Desmond
Lyricist	Not listed
Year	1959
Source show / film	Not listed
Form	ABA (5/4)
Bars	24
Key	Eb minor

Fact sources: title — wikidata; composers — wikidata; year — wikidata; key — wikidata; wikipedia — wikidata; musicbrainz — wikidata; recordings — musicbrainz; changes — draft (under review); form — editorial analysis (cross-checked); bars — editorial analysis (cross-checked).

Reference links: Wikidata Q844299 · MusicBrainz work · Wikipedia.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Eb minor Key

Section A

Ebm7Bbm7

Section B

Cbmaj7

Abm7

Bbm7

Ebm7

Cbmaj7

Abm7

Fm7b5

Bb7

Section A2

Ebm7Bbm7

Draft chart, under review. This chart has not been checked yet and may contain errors.

Changes confidence: draft. Source: Draft chart, under review. Chord symbols are an original simplified analysis for study, not a transcription.

Listen

Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

Manantial — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2002
Kannaste-Viinikainen-Riippa — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2013
collectivecadenza — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2014
3Q3 — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2015
Ornis — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2021
Ull Möck Electrio — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2024

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

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