Wiredtothemoon
Member
Hi there,
Just a quick query that someone might be able to help with. After admiring it from a distance for some time, I've started to play Take Five recently and the notes (and time signature) are becoming a bit familiar.
I'd like to get as close as possible to Paul Desmond's Time Out recording, but I just can't figure out whether he's playing staccato or not. It's so very smooth but yet there's perfect articulation of the notes. The only way I can get anything similar is to tongue the notes, but that's making it harder to play (which is fine) but also making it a bit too pronounced. I'm happy to practice practice practice, but would love to hear from someone that has played it, is happy with the result and could tell me whether they tongue most of the notes in the head or just a few to bring out the melody.
Thanks in advance.
Just a quick query that someone might be able to help with. After admiring it from a distance for some time, I've started to play Take Five recently and the notes (and time signature) are becoming a bit familiar.
I'd like to get as close as possible to Paul Desmond's Time Out recording, but I just can't figure out whether he's playing staccato or not. It's so very smooth but yet there's perfect articulation of the notes. The only way I can get anything similar is to tongue the notes, but that's making it harder to play (which is fine) but also making it a bit too pronounced. I'm happy to practice practice practice, but would love to hear from someone that has played it, is happy with the result and could tell me whether they tongue most of the notes in the head or just a few to bring out the melody.
Thanks in advance.