5/4 time
5 quarter notes per bar, stressed on 1 and 4. Five quarters, usually felt as 3+2 (sometimes 2+3): »Take Five«, the »Mission: Impossible« theme. With notation, sound and a metronome already set to 5/4 time.
- Counts
- 5 quarter notes
- Beats (as felt)
- 5 per bar
- Stressed
- 1, 4
- Groups
- 3+2
Two bars, counted
The upper number says how many counts the bar has (5), the lower which note is one count (quarter notes).
How to count
Count 1 2 3 4 5 stressed on 1 and 4 — or 1 2 3 1 2.
Start the metronome in 5/4 time
At 108 beats per minute, stressed as above — tempo and stress can be changed there.
Where it occurs
Five quarters, usually felt as 3+2 (sometimes 2+3): »Take Five«, the »Mission: Impossible« theme. Odd — the bar always arrives a beat earlier or later than the ear expects.
Pieces on this site in this time
No piece on the site is in this time yet.
Related time signatures
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