have you ever played a piece of music in 5/3 or 5/4 time??

Answer 1

5/3 time doesn't exist. I've played 5/4 certainly -- Chopin's first piano sonata's 3rd movement is an example. The most familiar example of 5/4 is probably the 2nd, 'waltz' movement of Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony, which in fact is in 5/4 time rather than the 3/4 a waltz would require...

Edit:
Neat idea, Flounder, but our notation system doesn't allow for derived and/or fractured base units: the confusion would be impossible, because 'your' "5/3" made up from dotted or triplet halves, would be indistinguishable from 'my' "5/3" made up from dotted/triplet-anything-elses... :-))

Answer 2

The previous contributors have identified the 2 most famous 5/4 pieces - the second movement from Tchaikovsky's Sixith Symphony (Pathétique) and 'Mars' from Holst's Planets Suite.

Don't think about it too hard. Most 5/4 composition are usually divided 2beats + 3 beats or 3 beats + 2 beats, and once you 'feel' that, it's no longer a problem to play. Both the Tchaikovsky and the Holst pieces are in 2+3.

Incidentally, 7/4 has become quite popular in jazz nowadays and Sting loves 7/4, using it often in his songs.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as 5/3 time. The bottom is always a 1 (very rare), 2, 4, 8,or 16. It can go larger, but 16 is even rare. The bottom note is the pulse so the 2=half note gets the beat (which is cut time), 4=quarter note gets the beat, 8=eight note gets the beat, and 16=sixteenth note gets the beat.

The top number is how many beats are in the measure. So in 5/4 time, quarter note gets the beat and there are 5 quarter notes in the measure.


And yes, I have played 5/4 time before, but I'm not a big fan!

Answer 4

Here's an interesting thing - in some modern music, 5/3 can in fact exist. It would indicate 5 beats with a half-note triplet getting the beat. Sounds bizarre, and it is, and I personally don't think it's necessary, but there you go.

5/4 isn't so bizarre. I didn't read all the responses, but Mars from Holst's "The Planets" is nearly entirely in 5.

Answer 5

I ever play 5/4, but it's not a classic. The name is Mission Impossible theme song.

Well, I like this song because I played it in an orchestra.

And If I'm not mistaken one Chopin song have 5/4. But I don't know the name :)

Answer 6

5/4 is really fun to play in. Also my orchestra is playing Bercuese and Finale from the Firebird Suite (Stravinsky) and a good portion of the Finale is in 7/4 and the internal beats fall on different counts nearly every measure.

Answer 7

5/3 wtf?
But yes, I've played in 5/4 in jazz, rock, and classical.

Answer 8

first few times you play 5/4 it will give you trouble but after awhile its really is a fun time signature

Answer 9

All the time (pun intended, of course). 5/4 is excellent.