I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand.
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It's important for me to understand more about my swing and my game, no matter who I end up working with.
I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.
Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync.
I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was going in the same direction. Then I'd get lazy and get off the track. And then things would start to fall apart, and I'd back up and get it together again.
All syncopation means is accenting beats that you don't normally accent.
I think I have my own sort of distinctive swing, for sure. I think that's something that comes really natural to me, to push against the beat and kind of explore a triplet feel behind everything just to see what that feels like.
When I'm playing my best and find myself in contention late on Sundays, it's usually when I'm not thinking about my swing, but rather trusting my setup and smoothly pulling the trigger. I won't completely rely on feel - I like to keep a few images in the back of my mind to make sure that I get the most out of my driver, irons and wedges.
I slowly continued to compensate for the physical problems I was having and ended up completely destroying my swing, my set-up, my posture. Everything was gone.
I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.