Jazz

Jazz

A style of music characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm. It emerged at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions.

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axe

Music; Jazz

One's instrument. Even said of the voice.

stand

Music; Jazz

The stage that accommodates musical bands performing concerts.

syncopation

Music; Jazz

The process of displacing 'expected' beats by anticipation or delay of one-half a beat. The natural melodic accent which would fall, in 'square' music, on the beat, is thus heard on the off-beat. ...

triad

Music; Jazz

(1) Concretely, a chord of three notes - the root, 3rd and 5th - played together in close position in one of the three inversions. (2) Abstractly, a chord with a root, 3rd and 5th but no 7th. Might ...

bandstand

Music; Jazz

The stage that accommodates musical bands performing concerts.

changes

Music; Jazz

(1) The chords of a tune. 'Playing' or 'running' the changes means using suitable scales, etc. , over each given chord of the tune. Determining the exact changes to use is a big part of preparing a ...

pocket

Music; Jazz

In the pocket means perfectly in time, especially bass playing that is 'in the center' of the beat (rather than slightly leading or dragging the beat).