Re: Swing indications in text markup?

[Marcus Brinkmann]

At Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:12:17 -0700,
Paul Scott wrote:
> 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.

The only correct answer is that the music should swing in just the right way!
That depends on the piece, the tempo, the band, the mood, etc.

> 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.

Real Jazzers write them in straight 8ths, 'nuff said.  Chance is that
if you don't know what it should sound like, it doesn't matter if it's
written in 1:1, 3:1, 2:1, it just won't come out the right way.

That said, I'd love it if you could instruct it to be swing and have
the midi converter interprete it correctly (at least in a first
approximation).

Marcus