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37.1Start with pulse, not chords
Count:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Keep the eighth notes basically straight.
Do not automatically apply the swing feel we used in standards like “Satin Doll.”
Clap quarter notes first.
Then clap only:
2 and 4.
Then tap all eighth-note subdivisions with one hand while keeping 2 and 4 with the other.