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Jazz and Blues
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- 1New Orleans style1) Single instrument plays the main tune
2) the other instruments typically string bass, banjo, clarinet, trumpet, drums improve around it
3) Polyphonic
4) Typical in New Orleans - 2Chicago style1) Bands were larger
2) included Saxophones, trumpets, trombones
3) Bandleaders arranged the tunes + played the solos
4) Louis Armstrong - had an orchestra, sang with the orchestra and played the trumpet - 3Big BandBands got larger, called big bands. lots of instruments
5 saxophones -
4 trumpets
4 trombones
dour rhythm section - 4RhythmSyncopated, swung, dotted notes (crotchets, minims...)
- 5What instruments does the rhythm section consist of?Drums, double bass, piano
- 6How do the instruments normally interact in Jazz music?The Drum Bass and Piano hold the rhythm Piano outlines the chords, creating harmony. The Head plays the tune in unison and take turns to improvise over the chord sequence.
- 7What do musicians mean when they refer to the Head?Lead instruments: Trumpet, Saxophone, Trombone
- 8TempoJazz ballads: slow
Bebop: fast - 9RhythmSwung. Syncopated.
- 10Articulation- Strong Accents on the first beat of the bar.
- On the beat - 11DynamicsBallads: quiet
Bands + Bebop: loud - 12ExpressionImprovisation
- 13What is improvisation?Musical expression through the spontaneous creation of music
- 14RiffsShort repeated phrase, played over changing chords or harmonies or used as a background to a solo improvisation
- 15TextureNew Orleans Jazz: polyphonic
Normal: Melody and accompaniment with a solid lead. - 16PitchVocalists will normally improvise over their whole range.
- 17Structure1) 12 Bar blues
2) 32 Bar popular structure (AABA)
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- Flashcards on Jazz and Blues, created by Mandy Lee on 11/05/2016.
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