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    Quote Originally Posted by RDR View Post
    the swing is what you dance to.. the overall feeling of how the beats, bass and everything else make you wanna shake your hips. If the music makes you wanna jack in a very staccato fashion it probably hasnt got music swing or shuffle. If you feel like you wanna move your hips to it then it has more shuffle. if you wanna immediately get up and start doing ya thang then it sprobably james brown.
    thanks for that, the whole gestalt of the sound, yeah?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aratron View Post
    thanks for that, the whole gestalt of the sound, yeah?
    never heard it described as gestalt, but yeah if that works for you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RDR View Post
    never heard it described as gestalt, but yeah if that works for you.
    thats just some German term for the 'whole' synthesis of something.
    i've never heard of swing before.
    but yeah i know what you mean.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aratron View Post
    thats just some German term for the 'whole' synthesis of something.
    i've never heard of swing before.
    but yeah i know what you mean.
    jah, ich verstehe den ausdruck Gestalt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RDR View Post
    jah, ich verstehe den ausdruck Gestalt.
    well my German is lousy but yeah i figured you would have known that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aratron View Post
    well my German is lousy but yeah i figured you would have known that.
    so is mine... gawd bless babel fish!

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    Here's a quick history of swing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9B44JUwr74

    Satchmo doing a swing tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9B44JUwr74

    And some western swing for good measure (from my part of the country): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfo5h_AX9w
    Last edited by eppertheleper; 21-07-2008 at 04:32 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aratron View Post
    i've never heard of swing before.
    humm strange...

    in Portuguese language countries whe say "swing" or "jinga" to the body dancing in the music rythm

    but "swing" is used in all the world i think

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elvio Neto View Post
    humm strange...

    in Portuguese language countries whe say "swing" or "jinga" to the body dancing in the music rythm

    but "swing" is used in all the world i think
    i've led a sheltered life . . .

 

 

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