PLAYING TIPS

Swing 8th notes

Basicly:  All 8th note combinations are played like a Quarter note/8th note Triplet combination.

Like This:

swing - Copy

The Swing 8th Note also applies to tied 8th Syncopations like this:

syn tie02

and Syncopation notated like this:

sync102

Also:  This Rhythm (measure 2)

2 8th tie dot half

Is the same as this rhythm (measure 17).

8th dot 4th tie half
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