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Post Bop
Era - Unit Vocabulary
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| Term |
Definition |
| Cadence |
A melodic or harmonic idea that occurs
at the end of a phrase. |
| Cadenza |
Usually a closing statement solo to
show off a musicians ablilities |
| Chromatic |
Playing in a scale-like pattern of
half steps.(every note in order on the piano) |
| Consonance |
A type of harmony that relaxes the
listener. The opposite of dissonance. |
| Contemporary |
Music the is being created at the current
time in history |
| Cool |
A relaxed version of Bebop with smooth
phrasing and contemporary harmonies. |
| Dissonance |
A type of harmony that caused tension
for the listener. The opposite of consonance. |
| Free Form |
No set pattern for the order of themes
used in a song. |
| Free Jazz |
A style of jazz where pulse, meter
and form are not essential elements. |
| Fusion |
The style of jazz that combines elements
of jazz and rock. |
| Groove |
A term for a melodic idea that sets
a mood |
| Hard Bop |
A blues based style with an driving
beat. |
| Harlem Stride |
A more improvised style of Stride. |
| Jam |
To wildly improvise as a group |
| Keyboard |
Any instrument which is played with
piano-like button(key), usually electric powered. |
| Latin |
A style associated with music of Southern and Central
America |
| Modal |
A style of jazz using a few repeated
chords with virtuositic scalelike improvisation. |
| Modulate |
To change the center pitch of a song
(Modulation) |
| Pick Up |
1. Output for amplified instrument.
2. Starting notes of a phrase before the first full measure. |
| Post Bop |
A catch-all term for the styles of
jazz after Bebop. |
| Rhythm Machine |
A electronic device that can be programed
to play synthesized percussion sounds/beats. |
| Stop-time |
The background plays on a few accented
beats. |
| Synthesizer |
A keyboard instrument which makes electronically
generated sound. |
| Timbre |
The quality of a sound that allows
an instrument or soloist to be identified. |
| West Coast |
A Post Bop Style with unique rhythms
and relaxed solos. |