Music
jazz
Discover: Swing
Best Age
Best Age
wk 12–104
Category
Music
Audio Track & Sing-Along Available in BabyNook
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About this music
Swing is a style of jazz that dominated American popular music from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s — the era of big bands led by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman. Its defining feature is the 'swing feel': notes are played in a long-short rhythmic pattern that makes the music irresistibly propulsive. Swing filled ballrooms and dance halls across the country, and its joyful, rolling groove translates beautifully to babies — something about the lilt makes little bodies want to move.
How to do it (Step by step)
- Sway your baby gently side to side in time with the music.
- Bounce them on your knee on the downbeats.
- Snap your fingers and see if they follow the sound.