Jazz terms 0.0 / 5 ? MusicJazz/swingA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Former MemberCreated on: 21-01-18 13:17 Comping Playing a musical accompaniment, usually chords, in this style e.g. a chord a beat 1 of 16 Portamento Vocal slide/glissando 2 of 16 **** singing Singing without words/using nonsense syllables 3 of 16 Stride bass Baseline that is on the beat 4 of 16 Frontline The instruments that solo, play the melody and accompaniments e.g. trumpet, sax, trombone 5 of 16 Rhythm section The instruments that keep the beat and play the baseline e.g. bass, drums, piano 6 of 16 Swing rhythms Long-shot/dotted quaver-semiquaver 7 of 16 Coda The final chorus/end to the piece. Usually an extension of the previous chorus/12 bar blues 8 of 16 Cadenza A pause for the band while the soloist shows off in a virtuoso style 9 of 16 Virtuoso Technical playing 10 of 16 Substitution chords Using a chord in place of another in a chord progression. This substituting chord tends to be related to the first. 11 of 16 Blues note Flattened 3rd or 7th part of the scale 12 of 16 12 bar blues The repeated pattern of chords 13 of 16 Lip trill Trill by moving the lip not the valves on a trumpet (Or any brass) 14 of 16 Improvisation Not having anything written and making it up 15 of 16 Vibrato Slight moving of the note to create a warm sound 16 of 16
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