Timeline for How to describe occasional non-swing eighth notes using swing notation?
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| Aug 9, 2018 at 21:27 | comment | added | anatolyg | Just for the record, I am using the last notation, with the staccato mark. It also seems pretty standard, specifically for jazz. | |
| Jul 22, 2018 at 14:41 | vote | accept | anatolyg | ||
| Jul 17, 2018 at 14:17 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | @ToddWilcox not sure I can typeset that in ABC... and anyway Laurence Payne suggested pretty much the same thing already. | |
| Jul 17, 2018 at 13:17 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | You might add that for an entire measure of 8th notes that shouldn't be played with sing, it is common to put staff text in that says "straight 8ths" with a dashed line extending as far as the non-switch portion of the music extends. | |
| Jul 17, 2018 at 3:16 | comment | added | Dave | For the OP's specific question, I figure the last item is the "correct" one and should be put first in the answer, with the other details and elaboration as follow up. | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 21:40 | history | edited | leftaroundabout | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 16, 2018 at 21:34 | history | answered | leftaroundabout | CC BY-SA 4.0 |