GCSE Edexcel Music All Blues 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? MusicMiles DavisGCSEEdexcel Created by: Phoebe_LynchCreated on: 09-04-15 10:29 1959 Year it was composed 1 of 35 Slave trade/ working rebellion Origins of blues 2 of 35 Trumpet Miles Davis' instrument 3 of 35 Modal jazz Style of the piece 4 of 35 Front line Trumpet and saxophones 5 of 35 Rhythm section Piano, drum kit and bass 6 of 35 G major mixolydian mode Tonality 7 of 35 Flattened 7ths Typically blues feature 8 of 35 Syncopation Where notes are played off the beat 9 of 35 Melody The head sections 10 of 35 Rising sixths D-B 11 of 35 Muted trumpet A typical blues timbre 12 of 35 Riff Repeated phrase 13 of 35 First 5 sections Introductory, intro riff, head, intro riff, head 14 of 35 Second 5 sections Intro riff, trumpet solos 1, 2, 3, 4 15 of 35 Third 5 sections Intro riff, alto sax solos 1, 2, 3, 4 16 of 35 Fourth 5 sections Intro riff, tenor sax solos 1, 2, 3, 4 17 of 35 Fifth 5 sections Intro riff, piano solos 1, 2, intro riff, head 18 of 35 Last 5 sections Intro riff, head, intro riff, coda (tpt solo), fades 19 of 35 12 bar blues I I I I IV IV I I V IV I I/V - basic chord sequence 20 of 35 Triplets 3 notes in the space of one beat 21 of 35 4 bar riff Also known as the intro riff as it comes before each section 22 of 35 Comping Where the piano fills in short melodic phrases in between the chords 23 of 35 Staccato Short and detatched notes 24 of 35 Acciaccatura A grace note used frequently in the piece 25 of 35 Crescendo Gradually getting louder 26 of 35 Diminuendo Gradually getting quieter 27 of 35 sfz Sforzando - suddenly getting louder 28 of 35 Sweep A technique used on the drums with brushes 29 of 35 Pizzicato Where the double bass plucks the strings 30 of 35 Swing The rhythm 31 of 35 6/4 Metre 32 of 35 piano (p) The main dynamic marking used in the piece is... 33 of 35 156 crotchet bpm Tempo 34 of 35 Improvisation Making up a melody based only on the chords used in the accompaniment 35 of 35
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