Re: Swing indications in text markup?

[Paul Scott]

David Raleigh Arnold wrote:

> On Friday 06 August 2004 03:43 pm, Benjamin Esham wrote:
>  
>
> > I am typesetting a piece which has some "swing" sections.  In these
> > sections, two eighth notes should be played as a tripletted quarter
> > note and eighth note.
> >    
>
> A swing or jazz 8th is far less different from an 8th
> than a triplet, or even than a quintuplet 3:2.  Experiment
> with very small time values now, it will save you time.
>  
Yes but Benjamin's choice is already well established as a printing 
convention for a style indication (at least in concert band music) 
whether it's technically correct or not.  Most of us reading it get the 
point.

In addition I disagree that (at least for wind players) that it's closer 
to 1:1 than it is to 3:2.  2:1 is "close enough for jazz" at least as a 
notation as Benjamin would use it.  As far as the actual notes on the 
staff the traditional 3:1 is easier to read than 2:1 even if both are 
technically incorrect.

Paul Scott