The Scorpio
Senior Member
Ok let's talk about swing. I'm not referring to the jazz/big band style swing (although learning how to "swing" in this style is crucial to the type of "swing" i'm referring to.)
I'm talking about quasi-swing. The type you hear specifically in rock and roll. Moon, Starr, Bonham, Paice, Greb, Gadd, Keltner, and EVERY Motown drummer (as well as countless others) are masters of quasi-swing.
I kind of think of it like 1 & 2 & ah 3 & 4 & ah, where the "ah's" are not completely triplet feel, but halfway in between straight and triplet feel.
One of my favorite examples of this is John Bonham's groove in "Stairway to Heaven" right after "To be a rock and not to roooooooollllll" SMACK BOOM BOOM BOOM CRASH!!!!! Then the groove kicks in.
Ummm....excuse me, I couldn't help but rock out for a moment there.
Anywho . . . . how do you guys feel about swing. Do you find yourself using it a lot in your playing? Not at all? What the heck is swing and why should I care?
-Kyle
I'm talking about quasi-swing. The type you hear specifically in rock and roll. Moon, Starr, Bonham, Paice, Greb, Gadd, Keltner, and EVERY Motown drummer (as well as countless others) are masters of quasi-swing.
I kind of think of it like 1 & 2 & ah 3 & 4 & ah, where the "ah's" are not completely triplet feel, but halfway in between straight and triplet feel.
One of my favorite examples of this is John Bonham's groove in "Stairway to Heaven" right after "To be a rock and not to roooooooollllll" SMACK BOOM BOOM BOOM CRASH!!!!! Then the groove kicks in.
Ummm....excuse me, I couldn't help but rock out for a moment there.
Anywho . . . . how do you guys feel about swing. Do you find yourself using it a lot in your playing? Not at all? What the heck is swing and why should I care?
-Kyle