Here are the head and changes to Tickle Toe, which you could think of as a very early bop tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooUUhsBsv
It pops along, around quarter note = 200, and at that tempo, "swing eighths" aren't really "swing eighths" in the normal sense. Find the swing in the placement of accents. Think generally of giving emphasis to the melodic peaks, such as the "and" of beat two (aka "the and of two") in measures 1 and 2. Same with measure 5, but - what about measure 6? Downbeats of 1 and 3 there.
This is a fun tune to play, and play over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooUUhsBsv
It pops along, around quarter note = 200, and at that tempo, "swing eighths" aren't really "swing eighths" in the normal sense. Find the swing in the placement of accents. Think generally of giving emphasis to the melodic peaks, such as the "and" of beat two (aka "the and of two") in measures 1 and 2. Same with measure 5, but - what about measure 6? Downbeats of 1 and 3 there.
This is a fun tune to play, and play over.
