Swing is a musical genre, which originated in the 1930s, in the United States. Swing is distinguished by a characteristic movement of the rhythm section and a type of note playing with a “jumping” rhythm (swing), often juxtaposed by frenetic dancing. ⓒʳᵒᵇᵉʳᵗᵒᵐᵒʳᵉᵗᵗᵒ