miles davis key words

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ragtime
music characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment
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blue note
a bent note between the minor and major third
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New Orleans Jazz
one of the first recognized jazz styles, originating in New Orleans
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bepop
a jazz style requiring virtuosic technique, including fast tempos and complex harmonies
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big band
a jazz style popular in the 1920s and 1930s in which the pieces were generally written for a large ensemble to be played in dance hall
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swing
a development of big band jazz. The term is also used to describe a particular type of rhythmic 'groove' desirable in jazz music
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changes
the chords sequence in a jazz song
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head
the main melody of a jazz song, generally played at the beginning of the song
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modal jazz
a jazz style in which the soloists base their solos on
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chromatic
music in which notes are used that are not in the key of the piece
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comping
an abbreviation of accompanying
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frontline
the solo instrument in a jazz ensemble
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mordent
ornament in which the written note is played, followed by the note above and the written note again
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trill
rapidly alternating between two notes
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voicings
a term used to describe various ways of ordering the notes in a chord from lowest to highest
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chord substitution
replacing one chord with another
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turnaround
a short chord pattern at the end of a sequence signalling the return to the beginning of the sequence
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altered chord
a chord in which one of the notes has been sharpened or flattened to become a chromatic note
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extended chord
a chord in which diatonic notes other than the seventh have been added to the original triad
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a bent note between the minor and major third

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blue note

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one of the first recognized jazz styles, originating in New Orleans

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Card 4

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a jazz style requiring virtuosic technique, including fast tempos and complex harmonies

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Card 5

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a jazz style popular in the 1920s and 1930s in which the pieces were generally written for a large ensemble to be played in dance hall

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