I'm impressed equally with your technique, the rhythmic complexity, harmonic choices, the sound of your piano, and the amazing recording quality. From one pianist to another: well done, sir!
@Jyhwei0507 Yes, you're right. I do alternate quite freely between them. Then to add to the confusion, I will sometimes accent the last beat and leave beat 1 blank. This is something we're used in 4/4 and I've gotten used to it in 5/8. Sit back and enjoy.
your right up my street there my friend ive been experimenting on guitar with alot of these 5/8 passages but my own stuff .havent tried to convert library material but have worked some out in my head.it is a fascinating signiture .one of the simplest rhythms ive have used is for the drums.which is bass drum/hi hat on 1,hihat 3,hi hat 5 snare 1 hi hat 3 hihat 5 great rhythm .all the best m8
@ERPPP That's a good question.. The top number of a time signature (5, here) is the number of beats per measure. The bottom number denotes what type of note each beat is (8th or quarter).
So there's not much difference when you're listening to music, only when reading or writing it. I choose 5/8 because I feel it in 2+3 or 3+2. It's kind of like 2-1/2 beats per bar. "Take Five" is in 5/4 because it's a swing feel and the melody is in 8th notes...there's more than one note per beat.
as the simpsons Mr Burns would say Excellent,,,,,, I like to play it in 3/4 when I jam on miles' all blues. the audience always goes,, Hey what's that?
That was cool! My piano playing abilities are an oxymoron (and that's an understatement), but I enjoyed that for sure. I actually direct the group that sang the original Flintstones Theme (The Randy Van Horne Singers)......so I have an extra appreciation for a different version of that particular number. Thanks again. =o)
Highly entertaining -but as a musician, I wanna tell you that you are outrageously good -A 'Monster'!! I just love your musicality, your groove, your chords and your command of the piano. A million stars to you, John!
the shure57- a real workhorse! Probably the best sound-cost ratio mic. Anyway, yes, love the 5/8. It's very interesting how the time signature alters the song. It would be interesting to compare the same song in two alternate signatures, for example could you do Sleigh Ride in 5/8 and post that, too?
Hey John - thanks so much for not just turning this into another "Take 5" - that cachet has been done to death, and this gives the tune some new life. Great work!
Thanks, I know what you mean. "Take 5" is so "5/4" :^) (repeating that syncopated rhythm to death). I find 5/8 time to be much more interesting and lively, although I imagine one could also repeat a 5/8 pattern ad nauseam, as well. Thanks for noticing I don't do that.
They're Shure SM57's, pretty cheap actually. But it's mostly in the placement and the room sound. It doesn't hurt to have a 7-foot grand either, lol.
I keep meaning to do more videos of my 5/8 stuff. The reason it's so natural to me is that I've been playing my own 5/8 arrangements for about 12 years now.
Thanks for your comment. It means a lot because I've been enjoying your talent in your videos, too.
Yes, I do occasionally play some Zez Confrey or Scott Joplin. I also incorporate those styles in some of my other 5/8 pieces (of which I keep threatening to post videos).
I don't know what would make you think it's 6/8 time...it's clearly 5/8 from top to bottom. Maybe you're trying to goad me into posting a free copy of the music. :^)
I've been playing more than a dozen arrangements in 5/8 for more than 10 years now. I'm very comfortable with 5/8 time and play it with such ease that it sounds natural to the listener. I often anticipate the beat by accenting beat 5 or resting on one. Perhaps this is what's throwing you off. Let me assure you - I don't miss a beat...every measure has 5 8th notes.
I do plan to do videos of some of my other arrangements, but brace yourself because this one is one of the slower ones.
That's really funny: I also tried to count 5/8 and clap the 1 to be sure. It was possible (of course) but the 6/8 seems to be possible as well. Maybe you're right, that something throws me off - but I feel very comfortable beeing thrown off ! :)
no way, im defo counting 5 beats here. FIY as a drummer, i know all too well that its easy to confuse 5 time with 6 especially when jazzing it. Syncopation all ways throws people, but this is defo 5/8. Now i DO hear him cramming unsyncopated notes inbetween some measures and thats where i hear where one may get confused. really sit back and listen to it.
Here are a couple of tricks for counting along in 5/8. It's difficult and tiresome to count 1-2-3-4-5. Try "TA-ka TA-kita" (2+3) or "TA-kita TA-ka" (3+2) depending on the subdivision. Note that I play the melody as (2+3) but the improv of this one is mostly (3+2). I don't really think about it as I play and often change it freely.
Another trick is to slap my thighs with my hands, accenting with one hand and adding sub-beats with the other.
The initial descending intro between :06 and :24 really sets up the meter. Duple and triple always bicker when they are in the same room. :-)
If you can't feel the 5/8 through the melody, spend a little more time listening to that intro. Tap your finger to the rhythm, just get used to it. 5/8 rocks.
please share your arrangments with us
wildsnydon 1 week ago
You sound great! 5/8, wow. I like the sound of that recording. The piano sounds warm. Thanks.
Art528Mystic 3 weeks ago
Very well done...5 stars!! Enjoying all your work. Your reproduction of your piano is outstanding. What type piano? Size?
glevito 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
Some awesome playing going on here man. my head would probably explode from trying to concentrate. ha!
tubamanKevinU8 1 month ago
You kind of look like Freddie Roach from the side.
Other than that, Amazing work. You inspire me to continue playing the piano.
bndapoopslol 2 months ago
I'm impressed equally with your technique, the rhythmic complexity, harmonic choices, the sound of your piano, and the amazing recording quality. From one pianist to another: well done, sir!
xyshomavazax 2 months ago
@xyshomavazax Wow, thanks a lot!
eidco 2 months ago
I started listening to you with sleigh ride (saw it on a facebook page of friend) and now I can't stop listening. ! you are amazing!
rebrim 2 months ago
do you alternate 2+3 and 3+2? I keep getting lost in the counting and I feel sad :(
amazing talent and great playing! I love your work!
Jyhwei0507 2 months ago
@Jyhwei0507 Yes, you're right. I do alternate quite freely between them. Then to add to the confusion, I will sometimes accent the last beat and leave beat 1 blank. This is something we're used in 4/4 and I've gotten used to it in 5/8. Sit back and enjoy.
eidco 2 months ago
Very nice playing; clever arrangement. It's clear that you know your stuff!
keota52248 2 months ago
Rad
badmovebaker 2 months ago
Hi John! I really liked this version of The Flintstones! Do you have this available as sheet music for sale? Thank you. John Stilwagen
fabdts 2 months ago
Amazing. So jazzy! And so brilliant.
d00mbot9000 6 months ago
Excellently played! It sounds really amazing!
et7waage1 7 months ago
your right up my street there my friend ive been experimenting on guitar with alot of these 5/8 passages but my own stuff .havent tried to convert library material but have worked some out in my head.it is a fascinating signiture .one of the simplest rhythms ive have used is for the drums.which is bass drum/hi hat on 1,hihat 3,hi hat 5 snare 1 hi hat 3 hihat 5 great rhythm .all the best m8
RAITH321 7 months ago
Brilliant!
BigPiePublishing 8 months ago
@ERPPP That's a good question.. The top number of a time signature (5, here) is the number of beats per measure. The bottom number denotes what type of note each beat is (8th or quarter).
So there's not much difference when you're listening to music, only when reading or writing it. I choose 5/8 because I feel it in 2+3 or 3+2. It's kind of like 2-1/2 beats per bar. "Take Five" is in 5/4 because it's a swing feel and the melody is in 8th notes...there's more than one note per beat.
eidco 9 months ago
AWESOME Playing, dude!!! I like your use of the open 1-7-3 positions on the chords.
Brilliant timing!!!! Overall MOST Excellent.
trumpetman514 1 year ago
God, 5/8 is so hard for me to understand, but I love it.
MarlonOwnsYourCake 1 year ago
fucking fantastic good sir.
11at1at11 1 year ago
as the simpsons Mr Burns would say Excellent,,,,,, I like to play it in 3/4 when I jam on miles' all blues. the audience always goes,, Hey what's that?
JazzKeyboardist1 1 year ago
That was cool! My piano playing abilities are an oxymoron (and that's an understatement), but I enjoyed that for sure. I actually direct the group that sang the original Flintstones Theme (The Randy Van Horne Singers)......so I have an extra appreciation for a different version of that particular number. Thanks again. =o)
Dodgerdoggy1 1 year ago
Beautiful Piece!
David. M
puupydoger 1 year ago
Wow, very cool this arrangement, it's hard to play and improvise in odd time, congrats :)!
florbo73 1 year ago
Very cool. Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty would be proud :-)
bubblabu 1 year ago
Wow!!!! Great!!!
MrPianoSolo 1 year ago
bravo!
dudeohyeahable 1 year ago
Sweet. Like the off time left hand. Very nice.
mfpierce 1 year ago
You're wonderful and this is genius!
natasha2009 1 year ago
Great playing the piano. I like it.
MegaPavels 1 year ago
Very well done. Creative, original, nice to see (and hear) something else in this genre. Also well recorded with those simple but fair SM57's :-)
alwin27 1 year ago
Absolutely love it! Bill
BILLMCLEANJAZZ 1 year ago
Don't suppose you could provide the arrangement? I'd love to play this, but I don't have the ear to pick this up.
UltraSimon007 1 year ago
HOTTTTNEESSS haha sorry, just had to throw that out there, i love this! 5 stars
jeanetterocks 1 year ago
Hey John, awesome, music is a great delicacy for connoisseurs.Supeer, 5 stars! Pavel
Meternych 1 year ago
Great 5/8 version!!!
I love it!
5 stars for your version!
RockHistoryTube 1 year ago
I love it!! Your amazing at this man! Now I wanna learn this style playing too! Thanks for sharing :) Peace =D
UFONightHawk 1 year ago
GENIOOOOO!! BEAUTIFULL!!!!!!!
pabloj08 2 years ago
John...you really are amazing, very talented. 5 stars ***** (Licursibrosfanclub)
LicursiBrosFanClub 2 years ago
Bloody great. Love it.
rtermini 2 years ago
Great!! I really love watching you play...sounds really amazing!! Many stars...Marty:)
marty2310 2 years ago
Marvelous...outstanding musicianship! Groooooove on!
ThePianoStudio 2 years ago
Highly entertaining -but as a musician, I wanna tell you that you are outrageously good -A 'Monster'!! I just love your musicality, your groove, your chords and your command of the piano. A million stars to you, John!
ColinMitchellMusic 2 years ago 12
I can just see a jaunty Fred bopping off to work to this. I heard a great version of Flintstones as a Native American chant.
******
geoff1945 2 years ago
I love this!
harvardkarbodie 2 years ago
w the Ben Hur sketch, I share w u our mutual affinity for 5/8 7/8 over one another.
arthursulit 2 years ago
Its a Peanuts Flintstones special! :-)
felicity4711 2 years ago 5
@felicity4711 - I was thinking the same - very reminiscent of Vince Guaraldi
bubblabu 1 year ago
Brilliant work! You are amazing. A beautiful piano as well. Best wishes and congrats on your wonderful talent and skills.
jadeevalley 2 years ago
the shure57- a real workhorse! Probably the best sound-cost ratio mic. Anyway, yes, love the 5/8. It's very interesting how the time signature alters the song. It would be interesting to compare the same song in two alternate signatures, for example could you do Sleigh Ride in 5/8 and post that, too?
titusand 2 years ago
Solid, man! Jazz it up!
10 stars :D
spyroonline175 2 years ago
So nice , the 5/8 give a so great feeling to the piece , very nice impro.
Maxpianoplaying 2 years ago
Hey John - thanks so much for not just turning this into another "Take 5" - that cachet has been done to death, and this gives the tune some new life. Great work!
OrchestrationOnline 2 years ago
Thanks, I know what you mean. "Take 5" is so "5/4" :^) (repeating that syncopated rhythm to death). I find 5/8 time to be much more interesting and lively, although I imagine one could also repeat a 5/8 pattern ad nauseam, as well. Thanks for noticing I don't do that.
eidco 2 years ago
Neither do you "Lalo Schifrinize" the meter. That's also a moldy fig.
OrchestrationOnline 2 years ago
Complimenti per il tuo piano e la tua abilità!!
dottorMet 2 years ago
You're so amazing... I'd love to play like you some day.
In other news I was just watching Flintstones on boomerang today, what a great show :)
Rael0505 2 years ago
This is excellent! Your 5 is so smooth and natural. Great sound too. What mics?
Lot2learn 2 years ago 2
They're Shure SM57's, pretty cheap actually. But it's mostly in the placement and the room sound. It doesn't hurt to have a 7-foot grand either, lol.
I keep meaning to do more videos of my 5/8 stuff. The reason it's so natural to me is that I've been playing my own 5/8 arrangements for about 12 years now.
Thanks for your comment. It means a lot because I've been enjoying your talent in your videos, too.
eidco 2 years ago
@eidco I'm amazed at the sound quality you get from the sm57. How did you place them? Great playing!
knotty75 1 year ago
Wow great arrangement. :D Wish I had a piano like that in my room... :P
For now the yamaha clavinova will suffice. I hate it ever since I touched a grand piano.
5 stars.
LVader20 2 years ago
Do you play any stride piano and/or ragtime? If yes, I think you'd do very well in these genres given your playing style.
cebukid70 2 years ago
Yes, I do occasionally play some Zez Confrey or Scott Joplin. I also incorporate those styles in some of my other 5/8 pieces (of which I keep threatening to post videos).
eidco 2 years ago
That was a nice improvised version of a classic cartoon song! Nice! 5-stars. Thanks for the invite.
cebukid70 2 years ago
very good!!
SarrasaniPianoCircus 2 years ago
acaples (below) said it accurately...
"What a fun musician you are".
~~~B*R*A*V*O~~~
TeXasCoastFisherman 2 years ago
Awesome!
isaacdguitar 2 years ago 3
Take Five! Stars for video sent ...
HyenaStudios 2 years ago
enjoyable
arkoom 2 years ago
great stuff !
(-but, ahem, isn't it 6/8time ? No matter - i like it !)
FrancescoGuardi 2 years ago
I don't know what would make you think it's 6/8 time...it's clearly 5/8 from top to bottom. Maybe you're trying to goad me into posting a free copy of the music. :^)
eidco 2 years ago
:-) not at all ! I'm able to count 1234561 and so on. Hmhm, I'm gonna hear it once again now...
FrancescoGuardi 2 years ago
Of course, you can count any numbers you like. The key is to count in time with the music, though.
eidco 2 years ago
Harhar, you're right of course. But you may be sure I'm able to hear the 1, and so on.Surely you start 5/8 but go ahead impro 6/8.
FrancescoGuardi 2 years ago
I've been playing more than a dozen arrangements in 5/8 for more than 10 years now. I'm very comfortable with 5/8 time and play it with such ease that it sounds natural to the listener. I often anticipate the beat by accenting beat 5 or resting on one. Perhaps this is what's throwing you off. Let me assure you - I don't miss a beat...every measure has 5 8th notes.
I do plan to do videos of some of my other arrangements, but brace yourself because this one is one of the slower ones.
eidco 2 years ago
That's really funny: I also tried to count 5/8 and clap the 1 to be sure. It was possible (of course) but the 6/8 seems to be possible as well. Maybe you're right, that something throws me off - but I feel very comfortable beeing thrown off ! :)
FrancescoGuardi 2 years ago
no way, im defo counting 5 beats here. FIY as a drummer, i know all too well that its easy to confuse 5 time with 6 especially when jazzing it. Syncopation all ways throws people, but this is defo 5/8. Now i DO hear him cramming unsyncopated notes inbetween some measures and thats where i hear where one may get confused. really sit back and listen to it.
griptapesequel 2 years ago
Hmmm, I nearly understand - but what a weird trick of my brain that allows me to switch from 6 to 5 and back...
FrancescoGuardi 2 years ago
Here are a couple of tricks for counting along in 5/8. It's difficult and tiresome to count 1-2-3-4-5. Try "TA-ka TA-kita" (2+3) or "TA-kita TA-ka" (3+2) depending on the subdivision. Note that I play the melody as (2+3) but the improv of this one is mostly (3+2). I don't really think about it as I play and often change it freely.
Another trick is to slap my thighs with my hands, accenting with one hand and adding sub-beats with the other.
I'll convince you yet.
eidco 2 years ago
The initial descending intro between :06 and :24 really sets up the meter. Duple and triple always bicker when they are in the same room. :-)
If you can't feel the 5/8 through the melody, spend a little more time listening to that intro. Tap your finger to the rhythm, just get used to it. 5/8 rocks.
heavens2kadonka 2 years ago
beautiful :)
miguelfuentes 2 years ago
nice job
got some odd time signatures on my page if you're interested ;)
SlippingintoSanity 2 years ago
Terrific stuff! Please upload more! Have shared with friends, as with the "Flight of the Bumble Bee"!
kingmarshmusic 2 years ago
amazing! congratulations
nicobolso 2 years ago
I like it!
abbedego 3 years ago 2
I enjoy your music arrangements which are in 7/8 and 5/8 time.
rhythmruns 3 years ago 2