Rhythm 4B: Swing

Topic outline

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  Welcome!

  With this course you can practise:

  • Swing rhythms

  Recommended to study before this course:

  • Rhythm 4A
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  Eight notes

  In swing rhythm, the pulse is divided unequally, such that certain subdivisions (typically either eighth note or sixteenth note subdivisions) alternate between long and short durations. In shuffle rhythm, the first note in a pair may be twice (or more) the duration of the second note. In swing rhythm, the ratio of the first note's duration to the second note's duration can take on a range of magnitudes.(Wikipedia)
  

  Example of eight notes:

  

  The quarter note is usually shortened like this:

  
  

  • EXERCISES
  • 1. Select wrong measure mmusic
  • 1. Add notes to one empty measure mmusic
  • 1. Tap the written rhythm mmusic
  • 2. Listen and tap mmusic
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  Syncopation

  The middle note (quarter) is shortened:

  
  

  • EXERCISES
  • 2. Select wrong measure mmusic
  • 2. Add notes to all empty measures mmusic
  • 2. Tap the written rhythm mmusic
  • 2. Listen and tap mmusic
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  Ties

  Ties are very common in this style:

  
  

  • EXERCISES
  • 3. Click the 1st notes of measures mmusic
  • 3. Add notes to one empty measure mmusic
  • 3. Tap the written rhythm mmusic
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  Additional exercises