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Swing Ratios and Ensemble Timing in Jazz Performance: Evidence for a Common Rhythmic Pattern — Music Perception
- Key
- friberg2002-swing-ratios
- Authors
- Friberg, Anders; Sundström, Andreas
- Issued
- 2002
- Type
- article-journal
- Container
- Music Perception
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 333-349
Raw CSL JSON
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"page": "333-349",
"type": "article-journal",
"issue": "3",
"title": "Swing Ratios and Ensemble Timing in Jazz Performance: Evidence for a Common Rhythmic Pattern",
"author": [
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"given": "Anders",
"family": "Friberg"
},
{
"given": "Andreas",
"family": "Sundström"
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2002
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"volume": "19",
"container-title": "Music Perception"
}
Claims
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Jazz drummers' ride-cymbal swing ratio varies with tempo, from about 3.5:1 at slow tempi to 1:1 at fast tempi; 2:1 occurs only at a certain tempo; the short note lasts about 100 ms at medium to fast tempi; at slow tempi soloists play downbeats after the cymbal but synchronize at off-beats.
"At slow tempi, the swing ratio was as high as 3.5:1, whereas at fast tempi it reached 1:1. The often-mentioned "triple-feel," that is, a ratio of 2:1, was present only at a certain tempo. The absolute duration of the short note in the long-short pattern was constant at about 100 ms for medium to fast tempi [...] In slow tempi, the soloists were mostly playing their downbeats after the cymbal but were synchronized with the cymbal at the off-beats."
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