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Popup-Box · 10-27-2005, 01:34 PM

What is the definition of the 4/4 swing rhythm? I'm wondering how the grouping of notes is different compared to standard 4/4.

Listen to Steve Vai - The Animal if you need an example of the rhythm. Also Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and Stevie Ray Vaughan have incorporated this rhythm in some of their songs, if I'm correct.

Feel free to provide heaps of various explanations, as I've tried to understand this before, but without succeeding.

Let's say I'm playing a standard 4/4 rhythm on my guitar. "1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 3 -4...etc", no problem. How can I modify the rhythm slightly so it becomes 4/4 swing?

10-27-2005, 01:34 PM	#1
Popup-Box Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 622	4/4 swing - Explanation (once and for all) What is the definition of the 4/4 swing rhythm? I'm wondering how the grouping of notes is different compared to standard 4/4. Listen to Steve Vai - The Animal if you need an example of the rhythm. Also Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and Stevie Ray Vaughan have incorporated this rhythm in some of their songs, if I'm correct. Feel free to provide heaps of various explanations, as I've tried to understand this before, but without succeeding. Let's say I'm playing a standard 4/4 rhythm on my guitar. "1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 3 -4...etc", no problem. How can I modify the rhythm slightly so it becomes 4/4 swing?