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The Dotted Eighth + Sixteenth
the skipping rhythm — LONG-short inside a single beat
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Even eighths vs the skip
- Line 1: even eighths, then the dotted skip, over the same beat (count-in first)0:13
- Line 2: the skip climbs a melody and lands (count-in first)0:09
Don’t swing it lazy
- Don’t swing it lazy: the crisp dotted skip (3 + 1), then the triplet lilt (2 + 1) to avoid0:13
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