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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fusion

Music; Jazz

A style developed in the late 60s by Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Chick Corea and others, partly as a reaction to the eclipse of Jazz on the music scene by rock. Incorporated elements ...

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Music; Jazz

The beginning point of each chorus, the first beat of the first measure.

scale

Music; Jazz

(1) A selection of tones in the octave, arranged in ascending or descending order, usually but not always using intervals of half- or whole-steps, and using the same notes in every successive octave. ...

pattern

Music; Jazz

A pre-planned melodic figure, repeated at different pitch levels. Something played automatically by the fingers without much thought. Reliance on patterns is the hallmark of a weak player.

standard

Music; Jazz

A tune universally accepted and played by many Jazz musicians. Many standards are tin pan alley and Broadway songs from the 30s, 40s and 50s. Others are strictly Jazz compositions. A professional ...

neo-bop

Music; Jazz

The conservative Bebop style of several successful players in the 90s, like Roy Hargrove.

mainstream

Music; Jazz

The style of Jazz regarded by the average player as today's norm, as opposed to fusion, rock, avant-garde, etc. ; sometimes the term implies a somewhat conservative, relatively diatonic vocabulary ...