Swing 8ths

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Swing 8ths

1998-06-22 04:00 am

Hi everyone, it's me again!!!
I'm writing a jazz tune, and it sounds really stupid with straight 8ths. Is there any way to set it to play swing 8ths without literally changing it to 2 tied triplet 8ths and another triplet 8th.
Thanks for any help!!!

Jonathan

Re: Swing 8ths

Reply #1 – 1998-06-22 04:00 am

I know what you mean - it's like trying to run in lead boots!
The only solution to your problem is to export as a Midi to a sequencer that can quantize at different strengths.
Most sequencers will do this - Cakewalk et al.
A strength of 62% seems about right - it adds the swing without creating a 12/8 feel.

Re: Swing 8ths

Reply #2 – 1998-06-23 04:00 am

Also refer to https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=297#reply5 where Andrew give a good turn-around. The macro recorder is really useful :-)

Re: Swing 8ths

Reply #3 – 1998-06-26 04:00 am

What I do (it can be a little annoying at times) is
make 2 successive 8th notes into a quarter-eighth triplet.
That's how almost how swinging is done in real life

Re: Swing 8ths

Reply #4 – 1998-06-26 04:00 am

I agree with Barry that making it into full triplets (which I wrote a RECORDER macro - Marsu has said several times recently how useful macros are - to do very easily) swings it a little too far. It'd be nice to have something in there which let us specify time weigtings for groups.
I know we've discussed this before, becuase I remember talking about options not only for swinging duplets, but also for swinging triplets to give jigs the right feel.

Andrew