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msongs

(70,287 posts) Sun Nov 10, 2024, 08:52 PM Nov 10

learning to use note flight here. any users? dont play an instrument but do write tunes so I am learning a lot.....

so far the hard bits are eights and 16ths notes and getting the tune to swing. easy with only quarter notes but thats not where the action is. I can get the bars to flow by trial and error but composition wise don't really understand the mechanics

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learning to use note flight here. any users? dont play an instrument but do write tunes so I am learning a lot..... (Original Post) msongs Nov 10 OP

As I Recall... ProfessorGAC Dec 5 #1

ProfessorGAC

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1. As I Recall...

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Thu Dec 5, 2024, 12:14 PM

Dec 5

...swing is induced by triplets. So, a quarter note triplet (3 notes on each beat) but further characterized by having a rest on the middle note.
Over 4 beats is would be: Note/Rest/Note, Note/Rest/Note, Note/Rest/Note, Note/Rest/Note.
Counting it we'd be One Afain, Two Again, Three Again, Four Again, with most of the "A"s in again silent.
It also helps to strongly accent the 2 & the 4, which makes swing similar to rock.

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