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Re: swung eighths, syncopated

Author: Dibbs
Date: 2017-06-26 17:05

Chris P wrote:

> The offbeat swung quavers are usually the accented ones instead
> of the ones on the beat - it's what gives swing its drive.
>
> Swing quavers are like triplet quavers and are divided 2/3-1/3
> each beat instead of 3/4-1/4 as dotted quavers are (or 1/2-1/2
> which are straight or equal quavers).
>
> One thing that gets my goat is when the drummer is setting a
> nice swing going, but the players play straight quavers as the
> two don't fit.
> ...

Hold on a sec. Listen to this: https://youtu.be/NTJhHn-TuDY?t=184

Oscar Peterson plays straight quavers, Ed Thigpen plays swing. The whole thing swings like mad.

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