swing rhythm
Bouncy musical feel
Swing rhythm is a rhythmic feel in music where pairs of notes are played unevenly—the first held longer, the second shorter—creating a lilting, bouncy groove rather than straight, equal beats.
Central to jazz and big band music, swing gives these styles their characteristic sense of forward motion and danceability: The drummer laid down a heavy swing rhythm.
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- bounceSpring back after impact
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
triplet · offbeat · laid back · bebop · big band · lilt · pulse · backbeat · in the pocket · feel · pocket · loose · Ellington · band leader · walking bass · horn section · improvisation · dance
- jazzbebop, hard bop, soul jazz, cool jazz, post-bop
- rhythm termsbeat, tempo, meter, cadence, syncopation
- Swing Erabig band, big band era, Benny Goodman, big band jazz, Duke Ellington
- rhythm notationwhole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note, sixteenth note
- rhythmsbeat, syncopation, offbeat, cadence, downbeat
- guitar basicsstrumming, chord progressions, power chords, barre chords, downstroke