Bebop Jazz
- Created by: Ellie Warlow
- Created on: 13-06-18 17:19
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- Bebop
- Harmony/ Tonality
- Chord substitutions
- Chromaticism
- Chord extensions
- 'Flatted 5th'
- Timbres
- Return to smaller ensembles
- Trumpet
- Saxophone
- Double bass
- Drumkit
- Bombs/ rimshots/ higher tunes skins/ changing kits/ swing rhythm on ride cymbal
- Piano
- Percussion more prominent
- Walking bass
- Melody/ Techniques
- Improvisation based on upper chord notes e.g. 11th/ 13th etc.
- Virtuosic solos
- Complex
- Angular
- Wide ranges on instruments
- Irregular phrasing
- Based on pre-existing material
- Texture
- Group interaction
- Some sections of unison
- Example - Ko-Ko Charlie Parker 1945
- Alto saxophone/ piano/ bass/ drumkit
- Structure
- 12 bar blues
- 21 bar song form
- Some sections pre-arranged
- Rhythm
- Much faster
- Swing rhythm on ride cymbal
- Syncopation
- Unpredicatable off-beats
- Bombs
- Harmony/ Tonality
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