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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front

Music; Jazz

'In front' means before the top, as an intro.

cadence

Music; Jazz

A key-establishing chord progression, generally following the circle of fifths. A turnaround is one example of a cadence. Sometimes a whole section of a tune can be an extended cadence. In ...

side-slipping

Music; Jazz

To play a passage, a melody or chord, a half-step up or down from its expected place or in relation to the given harmony.

fake book

Music; Jazz

A collection of Jazz charts, published without paying royalties and thus illegal (not in the Public Domain. ) For decades, a book called '1000 Standard Tunes' circulated; you can still see its ...

inversion

Music; Jazz

(1) In traditional music theory, a chord with a note other than the root in the bass. (2) With regard to any particular voicing, especially a left-hand rootless voicing, a rearrangement of the ...

tonic minor

Music; Jazz

A scale / chord with a minor 3rd and a major 6th and 7th, generally used for the tonic or home chord in minor keys. Distinguished from other minor chord functions.

melodic minor

Music; Jazz

In Jazz, a scale with a minor 3rd but a major 6th and 7th (both up and down). This scale and its modes (Altered, Half-diminished and Lydian Dominant are the familiar ones) make up a realm called ...