Straight Vs Swing Impact - Demonstration

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Francesco's Loop

Am loop with percussion- swing/straight


Adrian Legg

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Once we have our right hand fingerstrokes working in the right order and combination, we need to get some rhythm into them;
specifically the difference in feel between swing (or compound time) and straight (or simple time).
In compound time the main beat subdivides into three, in simple, it subdivides into two. That gets more complicated later on,
but this basic principle is good enough for now.
Thus the same phrase in compound or simple either swings or marches.
In this workout, watch out for the hammer-on with l.h. finger 1 that happens simultaneously with the thumbstroke
at the start of bars two and four. It's actually initially quite difficult to share attacks between right and left hand fingers, and worth
practising very thoroughly because it occurs a lot in fingerstyle.

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