How to Swing -- Part Three

How to swing

I am trying another type of tutorial format. Let me know what you think of it. This was very stream of consciousness. I didnt try to reorder or edit this video very much, and I may ramble a bit. Basically, I am trying to convey several things:

a description of the various attributes of swing
how it contrasts with other forms of music,
a process for learning how to vocalize swing timing.
a process for transferring vocalized swing to the keyboard.

This basically involves learning the syllables to vocalize swing by singing the score:

out of time
tapping, snapping or clapping on the two and the four
to a metronome clicking on the two and four
singing along with the recording and copying the rhythmic flow as precisely as possible
finally playing while vocalizing the tune.

This is the way to get the timing of great jazz players into your system. The bottom line is this : You get it in your voice first. Then and only then, you let your fingers follow your voice.

There is a free download link of the tunes I used on my website at
www.7notemode.com

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[Skyblueginger]

Great tips and advice, I found the Parker songs immediately improved my sense of swing or movement altogether whilst trying to play one easy/ish one's "Scrapple From The Apple". Thanks 7note for sharing your knowledge. Esp the locked octave things which I also was looking into for difficult lines like Opus Pocus which should be up to speed about 2020.

[7notemode]

Skyblueginger,

Thanks. Funny last line. Somethings will never be in my fingers, but you keep moving forward and enjoy the process. Regards.

[raggafury]

This is great and you explain it very well. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, you're not only a very gifted pianist but also a very generous one.

[7notemode]

Thanks raggafury.

[alanogthefirst]

These are really helpful as are all of your tutorials and other videos. Have you considered putting all the tutorials on a DVD? I would happily pay for this if it is available?

[7notemode]

alanogthefirst. I haven't compiled a DVD yet. Thanks for the suggestion.

[weatherman474747]

Excellent Videos. I'm a violinist and the suggestions are quite helpful for me as well. Thanks!

[bjazzer795]

I dig those 3 charts.

[00poikl]

Hello 7notemode,

great explanation, although (in my beginners opinion) very tough tunes. I would really appreciate if you talked about how to construct nice lefthand voicings.

Thank you very much for you effort

[visionari1]

Loved your approach on "How to Swing". Yes very helpfull. I'm a sax player, dabbling in keyboards as a way to get a better undestanding of Jazz theory. Your graduated aproach is great, especially the singing the rythm and melody.

Many thanks.

Ciao

[7notemode]

LittleGrasshopper, I'm glad you found it helpful. I have a link to download a pdf of the songs I used on my website.