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Re: swung eighths, syncopated

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-06-26 12:53

I've played all manner of versions of 'Les Mis' from the West End full orchestral to concert band versions and 'Do You Hear The People Sing' has always been a triumphant march with a duple time feel rather than dotted or straight.

Here's one of the various versions I've played (I'm on oboe in this):
https://youtu.be/GlveR2naD8M?t=8m9s

There's a Big Band arrangement of Neal Hefti's 'Girl Talk' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvYAkxHNrPg where there are two examples at the top of the page explaining how to play the swing rhythm - one of them is written out in full in 12/8 (I think the other is in 4/4 with 2/3-1/3 triplets), but the main body of the piece is in 4/4 with all straight quavers and has to be played swung.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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