... -and a group of voices or instruments follows with a responding or completing phrase-the response. -Chord: a group of notes that are played at the same time. -Chord progression: the sequence of chords that underlie a particular melody. -Chorus: the element of the song that repeats at least once both musically and lyrically. -Clarinet: is a type of woodwind instrument that has a single-reed mouthpiece ... mellower and more restrained. -Drums: the drum sets is like a piano that the drummer can play a number of instrumental parts simultaneously. But the drums cannot play specific pitches to...

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... . The drummer perfected the beat with sticks or brushes on cymbals, snare drum, and tom-tom. The bass drum was reserved for unexpected accents called "bombs." The pianist inserted complex chords at irregular intervals to suggest, rather than state, the complete harmonies of the piece. Whereas earlier jazz was mainly diatonic, much of the thinking that informed the new movement was ... chromatic. Thus the harmonic territory open to the jazz soloist was greatly increased. Bebop took the harmonies of the old jazz and superimposed on them additional "substituted" chords. It also broke up the...

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... followed it. Developed in the rural South, the first form of blues, called 12 bar blues, uses the African derived scale and sliding pitches combined with traditional European meter and chords as its framework. Also, divided into three sets of four bars, 12-bar-blues uses a variation of call and response in which the first two lines vocally are identical, and ... , using the same instrument both for solo and ensemble in the same piece with great fluidity. Finally, Ellington added complexity to the use of harmony by expanding the breadth of chords, and adding more dissonance. This type of ...

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... was a completely different style of jazz than that of the bop of the forties. It was more laid back and subtle. It emphasized experimentation with chords, keys, and modes, improvising on scales rather than on sequences of chords, producing music that at times was very peculiar (like most styles of jazz are considered at first appearance, i.e. bebop.) Like all other musicians that ... ...

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... at two third of the solo. (from 1. To 3.20). But suddenly, we enter the second part of the piece. This change is totally unexpected since a new measure begins, with two chords played by the organ (at this point we still think we are in the organ solo part), but the trumpet actually takes over. As opposed to the organ solo, the ... to the given melody. Like during the organ solo, the rhythmic section basically plays the same pattern, but incorporate a few changes like the roll of drums, or steady and stubborn chords of guitar. (fini a 5)( In this new part of the piece, the trumpet and th...

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... confined by the traditional rules that are normally followed. Debussy formed a fresh new tonal outlook without losing the musical tonality; his works consisted of poetic images, color values and his chords are very freely changed. Most authors tend to depict a story with their music. For example Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's writing and composing of The Nutcracker Suite depicts a story of a symbolic dream ... people never listened enough to hear his deep intricate, flowing melodies and melodic qualities. Another key quality of other composers of that time was the depiction between major an...

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... was part of blues movement. While Charlie Parker, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Miles Davis were changing the emotion and styling of jazz with jolting rhythmic shifts, eccentric chords, and quick harmonic explorations, a definitive change in American jazz music was taking form. Jazz and Blues instruments came about after traditional African instruments were not allowed by the American slave ... ...

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... state aid to have at least 30 minutes of music instruction daily" (Jensen 38). This program was just the beginning of a movement to shape young minds through melodies, harmonies, chords and rhythms. Classical music and jazz aid learning, suggesting that music can enhance the academic potential of a student. Classical music improves a student's relaxation and focus. Studying with music can relax ... ...

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... advent of Bop, improvisation assumed great importance. The musicians memorized the chord changes to a song, along with the melody, but then played very loosely and in the end substituted new chords along with greatly embellishing the original melody to the point of being unrecognizable. These factors, along with the ability to interact with each other, became important and remain so in ... ...

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... a striking contrast to the more traditional jazz popular during the forties. It was characterized by experimentation with musical tones, keys, and modes, improvising on scales rather than on sequences of chords, producing music that at times was very bizarre, but none the less popular. This new movement was the beginning of an experimental stage of jazz that was very popular during ... ...

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... author's statement that she's the most beautiful thing he's ever seen go by. The music that accompanied the first wave of bossa nova lyrics, while unique, used the same altered chords found in jazz music combined with the drum beat characteristic of samba. Perhaps ironically, bossa nova, the music style associated with complacence, is also considered responsible for the birth of ... ...

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... style as a jazz trumpeter. Bebop was a jazz style which developed in New York, at the end of World War II. It's distinctive style is created by the use of dissonant chords and complex rhythms in the improvised solos. Davis, who was always pushing the boundaries of what were the accepted styles in jazz, was at the forefront of this new style ... ...

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