Re: [Harp-L] groove? tight like that

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think it's the feel you get with swung 8ths.

The second one comes later than the halfway point, and kind of pushes into the following on-the-beat note, creating energy after making it sag slightly by coming "late."

As to fault tolerance, in a swing band with 15 wind instruments all playing in concerted rhythm, fault tolerance is not what they're aiming for. They want to be both clean and swinging - in other words, tight.

W~
 
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 From: Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: Harp L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] groove?
 

Only Alfie knows what's it all about.

I am wondering if one of the reasons players like to swing eighths might be
due to fault-tolerance. That is, you can be off a bit in timing with swung
eighths and it wont stand out as much as with straight eighths?

Just wondering.

MusiCal