The Scotch Snap is everywhere in modern hip hop – a metrically accented sixteenth note followed by a dotted eighth note. Why is it everywhere? And where did it come from?

The answer lies in how American speak english.

A Study of Rhythm in London: Is Syllable-timing a Feature of Multicultural London English?
http://bit.ly/2DeSLP4

Philip Tagg’s 1 hour documentary on the Scotch Snap!
http://bit.ly/2VOmsy1

Another fantastic lecture by Philip Tagg if you want to get into this stuff
http://bit.ly/2DajHzK

Music and the Brain: The Music of Language and the Language of Music

Music-Language Correlations and the “Scotch Snap”
http://bit.ly/2VOmsOx

David Bruce Composer: How the way you TALK affects the music you write

PBS Soundfield – How Trap Music Took Over

Les “SCOTCH SNAPS” de Lil Wayne à Purcell [ANALYSE DE MONA LISA]

The Scotch Snap from Strathspey to Rap – Wayne Marshall/wayneandwax

The Origins of Strathspey

Rhythm in the speech and music of jazz and riddim musicians
http://bit.ly/2DoaCn5

Perception and acquisition of linguistic rhythm by infants
http://bit.ly/2VOmt53

A Comparison of Rhythm in English Dialects and Music
http://bit.ly/2Dcz1vH

African Banjo Playing!

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EXAMPLES OF SCOTCH SNAP IN HIP HOP/POP (used in this video, there are way, way more)
Soulja Boy – Pretty Boy Swag
Meek Mill – I B On Dat Feat. Nicki Minaj, French Montana & Fabolous
Beyoncé – Drunk in Love
Ariana Grande – 7 Rings
Ariana Grande – thank u, next
Childish Gambino – Worldstar
Bazzi – Mine
Lizzo – Juice
Wifisfuneral – It Don’t Matter
Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin – I Like It
Zedd, Marren Moris, Grey – The Middle

ALSO FEATURED
J Balvin, William William – Mi Gente
Vybz Kartel – Come Home
Kery James – Mouhammad Alix

SCOTCH SNAP EXAMPLES in Scottish Music
Siobhan Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLrIG51x3Jg
Douglas Lawrence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIrZ64-3U8o
Andrea Beaton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYQMncWCbj0

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