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Originally posted by Vquestor:
To learn Odd times it's best to divide the measure up. So for a 5/4, practice a bar of 3 followed by a bar of 2 (counting 1,2,3,1,2); then do the reverse (counting 1,2,1,2,3).


Very well said VQuestor,

I've never had to play 5/4 before but did play around with the 5/4 beat on the Tyros and it was a bit confusing. But with your idea the whole thing makes sense. It took me thirty seconds to start thinking in 5/4 time.

Good advice.

Chony