Culture · 6 pages · 12 min
Why swing is a timing not a genre license
Swing delays part of the beat in a patterned way, and it does not cancel the beat.
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From the opening
Swing is a timing practice in which a pair of written equal notes, usually eighths, is played unequally, the first longer than the second, while the pair still adds up to the beat. It is a way of placing notes against a pulse, not a license to ignore pulse in the name of a genre. The opening covers long-short pairs inside a steady pulse, the ratio tightens as tempo rises, and genre name is not the placement.
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Inside
- Long-short pairs inside a steady pulse
- The ratio tightens as tempo rises
- Genre name is not the placement
- Laying back is a different delay
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Swing eighths as unequal subdivision of a steady beat
- Notes inégales and other uneven timing practices