Originally Posted by Matt Finley
As Notes and Herb said, Swing does have a wide latitude. My notation software allows me to dial-in a percentage of swing.

To me, there are two categories: straight eighths, and ‘other’.

To make things even more fun, there's Viennese where the second beat in the waltz is rushed and the third beat is slightly delayed. I have had to school more than one orchestra or theater pit ensemble on this but, once they get it... wicked cool!

Learned about this in one of Oscar Levant's books where he wrote about arguing with Gene Kelly during the making of An American in Paris. Listen for it in the "By Strauss" number.


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