11. Feel: rubato, swing and humanize

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Rubato means robbed time, and robbed time is given back. piano: rubato 10% stretches and shrinks the beats inside each bar and arrives at the bar line on time, so the piano breathes while the drums keep the pulse. all: rubato 10% bends the whole piece together.

Swing. swing 60% delays every second eighth (50% is straight, 66% a triplet feel).

swing 62%
hh = cc cc cc cc
bd = b - b -

Humanize. humanize adds small random deviations of timing and velocity, as a player would; humanize 5 ms sets how much.