Swing & Syncopation EXPLAINED

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0:00 Strong & Weak Beats
3:19 Swing
5:21 Using the Groove Pool
6:22 Syncopation
9:21 Syncopation Analysis
10:14 Chords Syncopation Example
11:56 Recap

[@willemvissermusic]

This is exactly the explanation I was missing and hoping to find. Thank you so much!

[@MRDUKG]

Hands down the most straightforward explanation i have seen so far on both topics... really helpful thanks... ;)

[@ricobonimusic]

To put it in theory terms, swing is just about dividing one bar in 6 parts instead on 4, and play the 1st, 3d,4th and 6th note. At least this is how I would explain it and how I make it manually in my fl (instead of swinging with the swing knob) 🙂

[@lunarguava]

soooo triplets

[@MaxSonicUA]

Good stuff. Thank you!

[@djchemie]

Very useful! I am definitely trying it tonight.

[@JoGarciaMov]

Great video!! I finally understand this syncopation and swing stuff. Thanks so much :D

[@RocketBeats_]

Great video , thank u🙏🏼

[@greg.tallent]

excellent tutorial.. thank you

[@georget30000]

This is really great, thanks.

[@kissfist1]

Great way to explain swing! You rock man.

[@ZaneAlexanderNC]

Extremely helpful. Thank you

[@NathanATaylor]

thank you so much, my favorite genre is electro swing, but i could never recreate it. that concept of strong and weak beats really opened alot. this is the most helpful music breakdown ive ever watched!

[@maemoves]

Amazing man, thank you!

[@bedroomproducer16]

All i can say is thank you very much, straight forward and very detailed.....

[@LouieVanP]

Thank you. You put it into easier terms for me.

[@airshipenoch3639]

Thank you, You describe a way of thinking that is different then mine and have assisted In revealing a different way of using my music ingredients.

[@AlexandreSoma]

This is great man!

[@mubumubu5975]

Great explanation and examples. Inspired me to play around with different grooves, but definitely opened up my approach to creating drum grooves!

[@EDMProd]

Glad it helped Mubu!

[@Tutterzoid]

00:00 Strong & Weak Beats 03:19 Swing 05:21 Using the Groove Pool 06:22 Syncopation 09:21 Syncopation Analysis 10:14 Chords Syncopation Example 11:56 Recap

[@bogotta]

Yo 7:48 select + Alt unlocks the grid. Im glad I watched this video thanks

[@SHZY504]

You're awesome thank you

[@MGMORIGINAL]

Great explaination! Thank you :)

[@EDMProd]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lefaurexavier1447]

THANK YOU BROTHER

[@wink966]

Loved the concrete explanations of swing. I have a few questions surrounding swing and note timing 1. Do you ever swing your 8th notes? Specifically, that would be delaying the off-beat hi-hat (or whatever percussion you decide to use). Or do you think that the 8th notes are still too "strong" to swing and could mess with the structure of the groove? 2. Instead of delaying the weak beats to create swing, could, we also start them ahead of the actual beat rather than behind it? (I think this may be called shuffle) Do you ever find yourself using that? 3. Have you ever found the 1/32 notes offer any sort of groove, or is the timing so small they feel rhythm-less? If no, could you see 1/32 notes being useful in slower BPMs (< 90?) to create another dimension of groove?

[@IxNiLaTiS_33]

Could you please show us how to make the lead sound of "If the wind could speak" by Tale os Us. Thanks :)

[@garyunderwood8160]

Is there a video applying the same principles to a DnB beat

[@ijidau]

Just to be clear, does 'swing' mean moving the start of any weak beat? i.e. weak 8ths and 16ths?

[@EDMProd]

In this example we're just talking about 16th note swing, where we delay the start of all the weak 16th notes i.e. every second 16th note (not the 8th notes). There is such a thing as 8th note swing, but you can thinks of it as the exact same thing, we just use this on halftime music, but the 'feel' of it is the same

[@icantproduce]

I think strong and weak is a bit convoluted. Why not use "down" or "off"

[@EDMProd]

Hey! That's because they mean different things. The downbeat is the 1, the strongest beat of them all. The offbeat is where the 'house open hihat' sits which is slightly weaker but still strong when compared to those 'Syncopation Spots' I was talking about in the video. It's less so about 'what it's called' and moreso about internalizing it in whichever way makes sense to you! Maybe you should experiment around with it and create your own description terms if 'strong and weak' doesn't work for you :)

[@ivakimaki]

Seems like you don't understand what you're talking about...

[@420mustard]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You rule