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swing

style of jazz or musical genre based on the rhythmic pulse of music composed of pairs of eighth notes with a longer initial note and a shorter second note
Intangible music_genre Q203775
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Summary

swing is a music genre[1]. swing ranks in the top 8% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,918 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Movement: Neoclassicism[3]
  • Subclass of: jazz[4]
  • Commons category: Swing[5]
  • Inception: 1930[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Swing music[7]
  • Different from: swing[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]

Why It Matters

swing has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] swing is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

swing has been cited as an influence by Western swing[12], a music genre[13], founded in 1928[14].

FAQs

Who did swing influence?

swing has been cited as an influence by Western swing[12].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → swing-music
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: swing-music, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961047|swing music (#289961047)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0208291-swing
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0208291-swing, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Inception → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Swing music
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 15158, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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