If you are a swing dancer and ever wanted to delve into musicality, you know how painful it can be. Google and YouTube searches tend to result in only a couple of results, and half of those are little relevant to what you are looking for.
- What is this thing called swing? Adaptation of Dan's class “musical structures” for dancers.
- Swing this Music Comprehensive series of articles on musicality. Covers topics such as Having Swing, Basic Terminology, Identifying and Following the Beat, Recognising the 1, Recognising the Structure and Accent-Based Musicality. This resource will prove immensely useful if you also watch and listen to all the audio and videos files embedded into the articles.
- Artistry in Rhythm 70 page paper about the modern Lindy Hop community. The part on Groove Lindy is particularly relevant to musicality.
- Music Theory Tutorial - Swing Rhythm in detail The simplest explanation of the swing rythm on Youtube.
- Musicality with Shauna Marble - Lindy Ladder Explains the AAAB phrase structure (not to be confused with the AABA song form) and gives a demo of dancing on "Savoy Blip" by Jonathan Stout.
- How Music Works 2 - Rhythm - Part 3 Explains syncopation.
Dances that excel in musicality.
- Dance demo Featuring Peter Strom, Ramona Staffeld, Skye Humphries and Frida Segerdahl.
- Groove Lindy - From The Artistry in Rhythm Blog Series.
Videos that are not explicitly related to swing music, but are helpful for someone who wants a better understanding of music theory.
- How Music Works - 20 Videos Very comprehensive series covering Melody, Rhythm, Harmony and Bass.