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by Rebecca
16 Mar 2017, 08:40
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: swing eighths question
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Views: 14060

Re: swing eighths question

Excellent resources, Christof. Thank you!

Rebecca
by Rebecca
16 Mar 2017, 07:09
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: swing eighths question
Replies: 8
Views: 14060

Re: swing eighths question

I agree both A and B are clear, but in context I think they would look odd. My concern is that the triplet-RH with swing eighths-LH rhythm occurs in several measures where the other beats in the measure are swing eighths. In such a measure, for example, the LH would show normal swing eighths on beat...
by Rebecca
15 Mar 2017, 17:23
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: swing eighths question
Replies: 8
Views: 14060

Re: swing eighths question

Thank you, Christof and John, for these helpful responses! Your feedback helped. The score is aimed at non-jazz pianists, so I think vertical alignment of the swung notes would be desirable in this case. As I'm not concerned with playback, I found an alignment solution: I entered a rest as the middl...
by Rebecca
15 Mar 2017, 06:54
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: swing eighths question
Replies: 8
Views: 14060

swing eighths question

Greetings, colleagues, I'm transcribing a piano song that uses swung eighths throughout. As it is a jazz-reminiscent arrangement, it wants to be notated in 4/4, not 12/8. But in 4/4 meter, I occasionally run into this problem: Sometimes the right hand plays all three eighth notes of a swing-implied ...