Swing versus straight eighth notes

A short lesson looking at quarter notes, straight eighth notes, swing eighth notes and eighth note triplets.

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Howto & Style

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• guitar
• lesson
• swing
• straight
• eighth
• 8th
• notes

[0live0wire0]

thanks, i never really grasp the definition of the swung note but now i see that not only i know it but i use it a lot too.

[nycactorsinger]

Great video and very helpful - I find playing with the metronome very helpful - like your direct and methodical teaching style. Thanks.

[z95raven]

Helpful!

[utube2017]

great instruction. One tiny suggestion, however, for TOTAL perfection of your presentation: when you first exemplify the "triplet" by playing it on the guitar, first do your voice-over with "One, two, three; one, two, three ... ", (as you've done). Then transition to OMIT the "two", and voice-over with "One, three, one, three, one, three, one, etc.", with the one and three spaced out in swing fashion, of course. That will clench it solid.

[swetor]

Really helpful. Thanks

[diamondfreak]

this helps so much! thanks a lot!!

[jeph63]

Yes. For more info check out my video "8th Note Jam".

[zaenzaen]

thnx

[tehaznboi42]

wow, thanks

[Leidizzzle]

2 straigt eigth notes = 1 quarter note (equally distributed)

3 triplets = 1 quarter note (equally distributed)

swing eigth notes:

first note as long as 2 triplets (2/3 of the used time)

secound note as long as 1 triplet (1/3 of the used time)

Am I right?