Re: Swing indications in text markup?

[David Rogers]

On Aug 7, 2004, at 5:50 AM, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

> 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).


Written in straight 8ths, yes; and if there's any chance of 
misunderstanding, write "swing" at the top - along with that little 
diagram mentioned by the original poster if you want.

Midi is a different story altogether. Machine-produced midi renditions 
sound so mechanical anyway - would it really be worth all the work to 
get pseudo-swing that never sounds quite right?

David