[NUI]

I'm not talking about big band music either. There seems to be some songs that have a "swing beat" or a swing feel to them. I think I know it when I hear it but I am having a hard time pinpointing exactly what it is. It seems to go across different types of music; rock, jazz, country or whatever. Is there a certain beat or rhythm pattern that describes it or does it go beyond that to chord progressions and key selection?



Thanks,
John

[Fretsource]

Swing is a rhythmic effect. When you have pairs of notes of the same duration, such as a sequence of eighth notes, instead of playing them equally long (as written), you play the first of each pair of notes a little longer and the other a little shorter. The total duration is the same but the individual notes are played as 'long - short, long - short etc'