Swing Rhythms
A swing rhythm can be created by tying together the first and second notes of a triplet. There are several different ways of writing swing rhythms. To understand them it is worth using one musical example written in various ways. The next example has the first and second notes of the triplet group tied. This gives the music a swing feel.
The two eighth note triplets tied together in example 78 can be replaced by a quarter note.
To simplify notation, it is common to replace the 6 with z , and to write at the start of the piece 6 = z as illustrated in example 80.
The previous three examples sound exactly the same but are just written differently. To learn more about swing rhythms and the ways they can be used, see Progressive Blues Keyboard Method , Progressive Blues Guitar , Progressive Jazz Lead Guitar Method or Progressive Rock Saxophone Method .
