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Swing

Swing is a jazz-related style and rhythmic feel where notes are played with a characteristic long-short pattern.

Level relevance: introduced at Nat 4; tagged for every later level where the same concept remains useful.

Explanation

In Music Technology, swing can be recognised in listening and can also affect MIDI quantisation, groove settings, drum programming, and performance feel.

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Styles and genresListeningTiming
Curriculum statusofficial concept
Review statusdraft

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