Swing Rhythms

Lesson 2/45 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Country Keyboard
Swing Rhythms

Swing Rhythms

A swing rhythm can be created by tying together the first and second notes of an eighth note triplet. Play this example which contains triplets.

This example has the first and second notes of the triplet group tied. Do not play the second note of the triplet group. Play the first and third notes only. This gives the example a ‘swing feel’.

The two eighth notes in the triplets tied together in the previous example can be replaced by a quarter note.

To simplify notation, it is common to replace the with ,and to write at the start of the piece, = as illustrated in the previous example.

The previous three examples sound exactly the same, but are just written differently.

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1- The Chords C, F and G 2- Putting it all Together 3- Grace Notes 4- Sixteenth Notes 5- The Major Pentatonic Scale 6- Bass Runs 7- The Key of G 8- Using Seventh Chords 9- Seventh Chords 10- 3rd Intervals 11- Blue Notes 12- Swing Rhythms 13- The Triplet 14- The 12 Bar Blues 15- Using Keyboard Voices 16- INTRODUCTION 17- Using Chords for Accompaniment 18- Chord Inversions 19- Left Hand Variations 20- Alternating Bass Style 21- Two Handed Accompaniment 22- Eighth Note Rhythms 23- Notes on the Keyboard 24- Chord Diagrams 25- Broken Chords 26- D Major Chord Inversions 27- G7 Chord Inversions 28- Syncopation 29- Enharmonic Notes 30- The Shuffle 31- C Major Chord Inversions 32- Chord Charts 33- The C7 Chord 34- The Blues Scale in G 35- G Major Chord Inversions 36- Easy Chord Table 37- F Major Chord Inversions 38- The D7 Chord 39- The F7 Chord 40- Minor Chord Chart 41- Dm Minor Chord 42- F<span class="symbolA">#</span>m Minor Chord 43- Seventh Chord Chart 44- F<span class="symbolA">#</span><sup>7</sup> Seventh Chord 45- New Topic

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