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Jazz
1(Early Jazz to Swing) - Unit Vocabulary
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| Term |
Definition |
| Arrangement |
To assign melodies and harmonies to specific
instruments for a song |
| Banjo |
A loud string instrument with a membrane
face used in dixieland bands |
| Clarinet |
A black woodwind instrument used
in dixieland bands. Replaced by the Saxophone. |
| Collective |
An improvisational style with all
main voices contributing to the final product. |
| Comping |
A piano style of creating rhythmic
patterns over chord progressions behind soloists |
| Creole |
A person of slave heritage with paternal
descendents from France or Spain. |
| Dixieland |
A 1920’s combo style with collective
improvisation. |
| Ensemble |
A group lof ten or more musicians |
| Fad |
A clothing or look or action associated with
a period in history |
| Harmonic |
An improvisational style that creates
a new melody over the existing background |
| Interlude |
A section of a song which in introduces
any part after the introduction |
| Melodic |
An improvisational style that enhances
the existing melody. |
| Mute |
A metallic plug placed in a brass
instrument to change its sound quality and volume |
| Ragtime |
An early 1900's written piano style using stride
and syncopation. Associated with Scott Joplin. |
| Rhythm Section |
The background instruments of the
band (piano, guitar, bass, drums) |
| Saxophone |
Woodwind instrument from the Jazz
age that gained popularity in later eras of music |
| Shout Chorus |
The verse or refrain at the end
of the song which adds excitement to the end of the song. |
| Stride |
Left hand style that alternates between
bass and chord notes. |
| Swing |
Music associated with the Big Bands
of the World War II era. |
| Trombone |
A long brass instrument that changes
pitch by sliding the tube length. |
| Trumpet |
The lead brass instrument, decendent
of the cornet, has three valves. |
| Tuba |
The largest brass instrument, used
as the "portable" bassline of a dixieland band. |
| Unison |
More than one voice or instrument
playing the same pitch at the same time. |
| Walking |
A style of bassline that outlines
the chord on the downbeat of each measure |