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Jazz terminology, definitions of commonly used terms & phrases from the perspective of the Jazz musician
Ever feel lost when people start throwing around jazz lingo on the bandstand? Want to feel like you’re “in the know?” Well, this glossary of jazz terminology is for you! I’ll give you the rundown of common jazz terms, slang, and lingo, so you can stay in the pocket and sound like a pro.
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This is a glossary of jazz and popular music terms that are likely to be encountered in printed popular music songbooks, fake books and vocal scores, big band scores, jazz, and rock concert reviews, and album liner notes.
Glossary of Jazz Terms by Darius Brotman. An arbitrary list of common jazz terms from the perspective of the jazz piano student.
A musician who plays any instrument with a keyboard. In Classical music, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, pipe organ, harpsichord, and so on. In a jazz or popular music context, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, electric piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, and so on. Klangfarbenmelodie (Ger.)
Improvisation - spontaneous or semi-spontaneous musical creation. 1 Jazz Rock - a style of music, developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, that combines the techniques of modern jazz improvisation with the instrumentation and approach to rhythmic accompaniment of soul and rock music of the 1960s. 3
JAZZ TERMINOLOGY & TECHNIQUE Basics : BALL CHANGE: Change weight R+L ball-stamp (step-stamp), or stamp-stamp. CAT WALK: Walking like a cat, crossing one leg in front of the other with a bend back. CATCH STEP: Like a ball change but from flat foot to flat foot (stamp). CHASSES : One foot chases the other. FALL OVER THE LOG: Piqué passé. HIP WALK
THE JAZZ GLOSSARY 1 The Jazz Glossary is a comprehensive, quick-reference guide for common chords, scales, and terms used in jazz. Learn which scales can be played over which chords, the meaning of chord symbols, com-mon chord voicings, and the denition of common terms like “comping”, and “two-feel”.
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