swingrhythm.txt
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If you take a beat and split it up into triplets (of eighth notes)
then you get 12 of them per a per a four
beat bar.

Therefore I can split a bar up into:

Notes:
|+++++++++++|+++++++++++|+++++++++++|+++++++++++
1___________2___________3___________4___________
Half Notes:
|+++++|+++++|+++++|+++++|+++++|+++++|+++++|+++++
1_____x_____2_____x_____3_____x_____4_____x_____
Third Notes:
|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++
1___x___x___2___x___x___3___x___x___4___x___x___
Quarter Notes:
|++|++|++|++|++|++|++|++|++|++|++|++|++|++|++|++
1__x__x__x__2__x__x__x__3__x__x__x__4__x__x__x__

If you split the note up into thirds you get some thing like this:
|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++|+++
1___x___x___2___x___x___3___x___x___4___x___x___
one_and_a___two_and_a___threand_a___fourand_a___one...

If you split the note up into thirds, and merge the first and second
thirds of each note you get swing rhythm, which in my notation looks
something like this:

|+++++++|+++|+++++++|+++|+++++++|+++|+++++++|+++
1_______x___2_______x___3_______x___4_______x___
one_____a___two_____a___three___a___four____a___one...

It is up to the musician to determine where to
start and stop playing within each of these asymetrical segments, and
that will determine whether or not music played in the swing rhythm
actually swings.