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swung eighths, syncopated

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2017-06-25 04:27

Playing swing style eighth notes seems clear enough for pairs or consecutive multiples of eighths, and clear enough in the case of a dotted quarter followed by an eighth. Is there also a standard convention for an eighth on the beat followed by a quarter, i.e., syncopation? This is fairly often part of an eighth-quarter-eighth rhythm, and presumably the final eighth of the group is in swing style, similar to a dotted quarter followed by an eighth. But what about that leading eighth? Should it be shortened a bit from nominal written value, or played as written, or what? Context is community band.

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