Editing Notes inégales (section)

{{Short description|Musical performance practice}}
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[[File:Shuffle feel straight.png|thumb|right|300px|Notation in straight eighths (in drum set notation<ref>{{cite book |title=All About Drums |last=Mattingly |first=Rick |year=2006 |publisher=Hal Leonard |isbn=1-4234-0818-7}}</ref>) {{Audio|Shuffle feel straight.mid|play straight}}]]
[[File:Shuffle feel.png|thumb|right|300px|Triplet-like performance of that notation as notes inégales (jazz shuffle){{Audio|Shuffle feel.mid|play}}.]]
[[File:Notes inegales-2c1.ogv|thumb|Notes inégales – ratio 2:1 (triplet feel)]]
In music, '''''notes inégales''''' is a performance practice, mainly from the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] and [[Classical music era|Classical]] music eras, in which some notes with equal written time values are performed with unequal durations, usually as alternating long and short. The practice was especially prevalent in [[France]] in the 17th and 18th centuries, with appearances in other European countries at the same time. It reappeared as the standard performance practice in the 20th century in [[jazz]]. The phrase '''notes inégales''' means "unequal notes" in French.