Take Five played on the harp

[ninjaturtle275]

Good Work Buddy!

[speedboosty101]

This is sick!!

[PLURTHEMUSIC]

Wow! He's really something.

[CadoSanctus]

You're one talented young man. Thank you for the video!n Loved it

[turnawry]

Excellent playing.

[JayeRo]

Hey CreightonGriffiths, did you see where I posted my correction. I posted a correction on who wrote the song and the quartet name.

[JayeRo]

The song credit says Paul Desmond's Take Five, but actually it's Dave Brubeck's Take Five with Paul Desmond on sax.

[JayeRo]

@JayeRo CORRECTION. Paul Desmond wrote it but performed it with Dave Brubeck in the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

[CreightonGriffiths]

@JayeRo Hi Jaye. Lots of people think Dave Brubeck wrote Take 5 but he did not. Take 5 was written by Paul Desmond - at the time Paul was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and the tune was used as the bands signature tune. So it was performed by Dave Brubeck, made famous by Dave Brubeck but was written by Paul Desmond. You can check this out easily at loads of web sites about both Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck.

[TheRandomRedSoxGuy]

absolutely wonderful, the jazz version is great but the first version I ever heard of this was harp and I still like the harp version the best for some reason =P You're great at playing that thing!

[MrGipeto66]

Bravo!!!

[MrSatireTube]

You have a fine career ahead of you. Well done.

[TDavis7395]

That was incredibly cool. As an old Hipster I mean COOL in the COOLEST way possible. Desmond would have loved this!

[beautifulbeanies]

Just too cool!!

[FuryOfTheSwarm]

u should try ancient or spiritual, or maybe classical greek sounds good and is healthy for u

[ThisTooShallPass314]

Thumbs up if you wish you had cooler parents.

(Cuz if we did, we'd all know how to do things like this.)

[DSOCTORAPK]

Love it! Bravo!

[KillerBebe]

little dude.... awesome!!

[dav73s]

That was amazing!!!

[lohphat]

If you're working through pieces with non-standard meter, how about "America!" from West Side Story. Great opportunity for tempo changes and mood dynamics.

[lohphat]

Great tempo! You just need a better audio pickup as there's too much ambient echo.

[CreightonGriffiths]

@lohphat - I know it is a real pity - problem was the built in microphone on video camera which we used for this, it is not very good. We how have a special pickup for the harp and should be able to use this next time we do some recordings.

[colbybelk]

I am flat impressed. Awesome video. I've been playing sax for 12 years and have yet to muster the courage to play it.

[andreskizzo]

He's so polite and well mannered

[chineseguyincali2]

that is amazing, how long have u been playing for?

[CreightonGriffiths]

Glad you like this. Benjamin started to learn when he was 4 1/2 years old. He was 12 when this video was taken. His mum (my wife) is a flautist in a flute & harp duo and since he was born he had always been drawn to the harp :-).

[chineseguyincali2]

@CreightonGriffiths it makes me wish i learned how to play an instrument. u are a true musical family. Your son has my best wishes and continued success. HOpe u get a chance to check my vids, they're a little silly but just meant to be for fun.

[CreightonGriffiths]

@chineseguyincali2 We watched your vid - great fun - nice to laugh at the end of a very long day at the office :-)

[CreightonGriffiths]

@chineseguyincali2 Ben is now 14 and has been playing for just over 9 years.

[Qldroarfan94]

Such a skilled young lad.  Keep it up bro i hope you realise how much potential you have.

[BenitoO90]

yes , well done guy, continue!

[TheKotassium]

amazing. AND he's adorable :D but seriously that sounds great on harp, who would have thought...

[malineck]

wow! more don`t I can say ...

[Grillmouth]

this is absolutely insane. your KILLING IT, learn to play 5 at this age, your goin far!!!!!

[emeraldharpist]

Wow, I've heard this song on piano but didn't know it could be played on harp! Are you a child prodigy or something? The technicality and your dynamics are astounding! Keep strong!

I am going to find this song to learn it on my harp now...

[sunidak]

Ben! Please keep shape and rhythm!!!

[JaredPaul54]

Ben!  NICE work! It ain't easy

[RagdollAlice]

wow!

[RawBiznasProductions]

great. this all looks very hard to do

[juggal0freak]

Harp Kid, you rule

You should do video game music...

[neosomals]

bravo

[Dread098]

nice! =D

[horimoto]

congratulations, trully amazing! very skillful, best wishes from Brasil!

[zacebbflo]

hey, wanna join my orchestra in england, i got a bassoon a guitar a bass and a drum/trumpet and a trombone and a flute,

[stanleguetto]

Amazing ; I've seen your other videos. It's really fantastic . Best wishes from France .

[TheMikester307]

Wow!

[CardinalDextrous]

Excellently played - you need to sort out recording quality though cos the melody's picked up fine but you're losing a lot of the bass in places.

[susicreamcheese]

wow, that sounds like it is fun to play

[KeltiKyrie]

1. This kid is so adorable!

2. This kid is gifted. I love "Take Five" and he plays it so well!

Keep it up and keep 'em coming!

[fadedsixx]

Amazing, you're good kid, you are very very very good. Awesome, you just b

[Mistrun]

Wow. Keep playing that harp.

[dan4eto]

wow! that's amazing! makes me feel ashamed i've been struggling for so long with it on the piano...

[viki1gymnast]

Could you possibly send me the link to where you found this sheet music?

[viki1gymnast]

Love this song! Definitely learning this too!

[ChildDeirdre]

Benjamin, you're amazing! Keep it up!

[tanakam00]

awesome I love this song

[ileacus]

Benjamin - time to take on something a bit less expected. You've done Chameleon (sloppily), and Work Song (beautifully), etc. Do something no one else has done. Something as crazy as Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Iron Maiden), or Bird Song (Grateful Dead), or even The Green Manalishi.

[jeuneaura]

Very nice! Jakez performed this in Sg last year ^.^

[suzyqplacet]

Ben, you are a permanent delight to the eyes and the ears. May you long get as much pleasure as you give. Big hugs.

[CastilloFan23xc]

awesome!!!!

[arfist]

Very good!

[broknsaint]

bravo!