I recently had a player question my notation of "two-beat" feel on a
bass part for a local swing band. I had written it as quarter
note-quarter rest, etc. He said that quarters would be too short and
would sound corny. I guess he would have preferred half notes, but
it's my understanding that there should be at least some space between
the notes in a two-beat bass line, which is what I wrote. Maybe if I'd
put tenuto marks over the quarter notes, since most jazz players seem
to always want to play quarter notes short unless otherwise noted.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I'd especially like to hear
from bass players.
Thanks in advance,
Lon
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