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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)



Key
  • D
  • minor
Time Signature
  • 4/4
Theme
  • Music
Origin/Source
  • United States
Style
  • Jazz
  • Swing
Articulation
  • Slur
  • Staccato
  • Tenuto
  • Tie
Tempo
  • Fast
  • Slow
Dynamics
  • Crescendo
  • Forte
  • Mezzo Forte
  • Mezzo Piano
Form
  • Introduction
Movement Type
  • Choreography
Voicing
  • Unison w/opt. Harmony
Language
  • English
Rhythm
  • Eighth-Quarter-Eighth Notes/Syncopa
Meter
  • Quadruple
  • Simple
Grade Range
  • 3+
See More

Third Grade
Lesson 16: Music Style Time!
Third Grade
Lesson 28: Time for Tempo!
Fourth Grade
Lesson 27: Rockin' Tempo

Words and Music by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
Arranged by Tom Anderson

Copyright © 1932 (Renewed 1959) and Assigned to Famous Music LLC and EMI Mills Music Inc. in the U.S.A.
This arrangement Copyright © 2007 by Famous Music LLC and EMI Mills Music Inc. in the U.S.A.
Rights for the world outside the U.S.A. Controlled by EMI Mills Music Inc. (Publishing) and Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (Print)
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved


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