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39 notecards = 10 pages (4 cards per page)

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Jazz

front 1

syncopation

back 1

stress on any portion of the measure other than the first part of the first beat

front 2

scat singing

back 2

jazz improvisation using the human voice as an instrument, with nonsense syllables instead of words

front 3

chorus

back 3

single playing through of the structure being used to organize the music in an improvisation
a jazz solo, regardless of its length

front 4

collective improvisation

back 4

simultaneous improvisation by all members of a group together

front 5

blues

back 5

simple, funky style of black music separate from but coexistent with jazz

front 6

comping

back 6

syncopated chording which provides improvised accompaniment for simultaneously improvised solos, flexibly complementing the rhythms and implied harmonies of the solo line

front 7

blue notes

back 7

pitch somewhere between a major third and minor third or between a major seventh and minor seventh step of the scale

front 8

walking bass line

back 8

style of bass line in which each beat of each measure receives a separate tone, thus creating a moving sequence of quarter notes in the bass range

front 9

chord progression

back 9

when one chord changes or "progresses" to another chord

front 10

double-time

back 10

feeling that a piece of music or a player is going twice as fast as the tempo, although the chord progressions continue at the original rate

front 11

riff

back 11

phrase, melodic fragment, theme

front 12

ragtime

back 12

popular turn-of-the-century style of written piano music involving pronounced syncopation

front 13

rhythm section

back 13

group of players whose band functions is accompanying

front 14

ragtime

back 14

multi-themed, usually grouped AA BB A CC DD
written/printed piano music

front 15

call and response

back 15

1 element of band calls 'question' another element responds with 'answer'

front 16

scott joplin

back 16

most renewed compose and pianist of ragtime music
published 'original rags'
wrote around 40 rags, 2 opera, and a ballet

front 17

classic blues

back 17

female singers
piano or small band accompaniment
about love, misery, and sexual innuendo

front 18

country blues

back 18

from folk traditions; work songs and 'hollers'
male singer accompanying himself on guitar or banjo
storytelling
uses AAB form

front 19

bessie smith

back 19

weighty powerful tone
aggressive singing style
AAB

front 20

jelly roll morton

back 20

1st pianist to do rag time and jazz
perfected swing feel
mixed ragtime with less formal more blues oriented styles

front 21

james p johnson

back 21

composer,conductor,pianist
the father of stride piano
one of 1st jazz musicians to be board cast on radio

front 22

earl hines

back 22

west end blues was claim to fame
popular via radio
surprise is center of his solos
stride style; physical played
stop time and double time fingers

front 23

fletcher henderson

back 23

sectionalization
block chord writing; solos

front 24

duke ellington

back 24

master compose/arranger
most important jazz composer
2000 works of wide variety

front 25

swing

back 25

smoother overall rhythmic feel
musicians refined skills
saxophone and upright bass more common
high-hat symbols used more

front 26

stride

back 26

left-hand style used by early jazz pianist

front 27

trumpet

back 27

highest in the brass family

front 28

cornet

back 28

brass instrument, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality

front 29

stop time

back 29

rhythmic advice whereby a chord or accent is played only on the first beat of every bar or every other bar, typically accompanying a solo

front 30

solo break

back 30

short segment of jazz piece in which the soloist plays without accompaniment

front 31

trading fours

back 31

usually occurs after each musician has a chance to play a solo and often involves alternating with the drummer

front 32

clarinet

back 32

woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece

front 33

dixieland

back 33

usual instrument was trumpet, clarinet, piano, trombone, string bass, drums, and banjo

front 34

count basie

back 34

American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer

front 35

johnny hedges

back 35

alto saxophonist

front 36

lester young

back 36

American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinet

front 37

joe "king" oliver

back 37

one of the most important figures in jazz; started as trombonist

front 38

louis armstrong

back 38

american jazz trumpeter, singer, soloist,

front 39

bix beiderbecke

back 39

american jazz corniest, jazz pianist, and composer