How to execute 16th notes during 8th note swing? 2003-08-18 02:54 am Greetings,How does one execute 16th notes in a piece of musicthat has the indication that 8th notes are to be playedas "swing 8ths" ? And how would one accomplish this forcorrect playback in NWC?Thanks! Quote Selected
Re: How to execute 16th notes during 8th note swing? Reply #1 – 2003-08-18 04:34 am My guess would be "played straight," but I may be mistaken. Try it both ways to see how it works best for the particular piece you're sequencing.If you set a tempo track as described in https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2363 they will play "swung," depending on whether they occur on the downbeat or upbeat portion. (See also the other user tips linked to from that one.) Quote Selected
Re: How to execute 16th notes during 8th note swing? Reply #2 – 2003-08-18 07:05 pm The 16ths are played straight. If they were to be played "swingy," they would be notated as dotted 16ths and 32nds (not a hard and fast rule, mind you).I use the method described in https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2335 myself, as I have found that one to be the least complicated.If your tempo (for example) is q=84, then after creating a tempo track as instructed in https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2335, simply place a new tempo mark [q=84] on the beat(s) that have the 16th notes. Pretty easy. Quote Selected
Re: How to execute 16th notes during 8th note swing? Reply #3 – 2003-08-19 04:45 pm Thanks for the replies. What if the melodyhas 16th notes, but the accompaniment has"swing 8ths"? If I set the tempo as "straight"during the 16th notes, the accompaniment partwill stop swinging.Thanks again! Quote Selected
Re: How to execute 16th notes during 8th note swing? Reply #4 – 2003-08-19 05:36 pm Now things get harder...The only way I can think of is to explicitly write the swing 8ths as a quarter and an 8th, tripletted together, whilst the straight 16ths are .. er.. straight. This will of course restrict you to the "default" swing ratio of 33%. (Other possibilities do exist; for instance, a dotted 1/8 and a 1/16, giving a rather frantic 25%, or 1/16 tied to dotted 1/16 and another dotted 1/16 (gives a more laid-back 37%).If you want to keep the visual look of two 8ths, you'll have to write two staves; one sounded but hidden, the other visible but muted. Quote Selected
Re: How to execute 16th notes during 8th note swing? Reply #5 – 2003-08-20 03:16 pm Thanks for the tips! Quote Selected