Waltz

The so-called “jazz waltz” became popular with some performers and composers as Dave Brubeck and Art Blakey, among others. This ternary syncopated rhythm is performed in different ways in this video, with special reference to the left hand, sweeping in circles in quarter notes, dotted half notes, the combination of half and quarter notes —while the righ hand plays “tap” with a standard rhythm pattern— or both hands sweeping quarter notes and so on; also, sweeping with linear motion. The choice of different sweeps depends on the tempo and the desired articulation.