Skills · Pulse & rhythm
Swing & shuffle
Hear the 2:1 long–short over a steady beat; don't split it evenly like straight eighths.
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Practised in these lessons
- Lesson 36
Shuffle engine
The left hand keeps the long–short rhythm; the right hand keeps quarter notes.
Open → - Lesson 37
Swing over a straight beat
The right hand swings over the left hand's four even beats.
Open → - Lesson 38
Chords at the end of the beat
Left hand shuffles; right hand places chords on the short part at the end of the beat.
Open → - Lesson 39
A blues phrase over a loop
Play a swung blues phrase over the shuffle accompaniment.
Open → - Lesson 40
Little blues stage
Keep the shuffle under a blues phrase with rests.
Open → - Lesson 49
Write your own blues phrase
Choose four blues notes, keeping the shuffle bass as you change phrases.
In Course 10 · Phrase workshop
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