“Honeysuckle Rose” is rewritten below with a moderate “swing” beat in unequal triplet rhythms, which is how
it might be performed by a jazz musician. Write counts below the notes and clap, feeling the easy swing of the
beat. Notice that this also may be rewritten in 12/8.
Moderately slow (with a swing beat)
1(+)a 2(+)a 3 (4)- “Ala-ala Kita Sa Aking Pagtulog” (“In My Sleep”) (Tagalog dialect) (E. Reysio-Cruz), Filipino love
“.. .my bed floats in bitter tears.”
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MODULE 12
Vocabulary note
“SWING”
In many jazz, blues or rock genres, music written as two equal time values is generally played or sung in unequal values, with
the first note held longer than the second. For example, two eighth notes may be played with a triplet feel: l: =
In jazz or related music, the altered rhythm swings, resulting in a foot-tapping groove. As in some earlier Baroque and
Classical music (called “notes inégales”), the rhythmic alteration is improvised.