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Side A ------ Side B
Embellishment ------ 



An ornamentation of a melody; adding notes for decoration according to established and commonly accepted performance practices


Fusion ------ A synthesis of elements of jazz and rock. A style of modern jazz.






Breaks ------ A stop of the music in a jazz piece during which a soloist improvises, usually for two bars.
Head Arrangements ------ Arrangements that are not notated but are worked out in rehersal and, eventually, played by memory in traditional jazz syle. 
Improvisation ------ The process of simultaneously composing, performing, and listening to music.
Big Band Jazz ------ Music for a large jazz ensemble, usually from 12 to 20 musicians.
Walking Bass ------ A jazz bass line played on each beat, frequently with some embellishments and emphasizing the main tones of the underlying chord structure.
Scat Singing ------ Improvised jazz singing using a variety of vocal sounds rather than lyrics. Its purpose is to improvise a vocal solo line in the manner of a lead instrumentalist.
Syncopation ------ The occurrence of accents in unexpected places, usually on weak beats or on weak parts of beats.
Combo Jazz ------ A small jazz group, usually from three to six musicians.
Cool Jazz ------ An outgrowth of and reaction to bebop.
Free Jazz ------ A style that is almost pure improvisation without adherence to predetermined chord structures, meter, or melodic motives.
Ostinato ------ A rhythmic or melodic pattern repeated many times.
Hard Bop ------ The bebop style of the 1950s and 1960s
Sections ------ The different instrumental or vocal groupings of an ensemble.
Ragtime ------ A style of music first popular in the first two decades of the 20th century.
Comping ------ The syncopated chords and melodi figures played by a jazz pianist while accompanying a solo improvisation, adding rhythmic punctuation and vitality.
Sidemen ------ In a jazz combo, a leader typically put the group together (hired the musicians)
Stride ------ Originally a solo piano style growing out of ragtime.
Riffs ------ Short, sycopated patterns usually written for specific groups of instruments in a big band jazz arrangement.
Fills ------ Melodic movement and embellishment in jazz while the main melody sustains a tone, such as at the end of a pattern.
Mutes ------ A device placed on an instrument to alter its tone usually to soften it.
Lead ------ The soloist in a jazz arrangement or performance.

Side A ------ Side B
Embellishment ------

An ornamentation of a melody; adding notes for decoration according to established and commonly accepted performance practices

Fusion ------ A synthesis of elements of jazz and rock. A style of modern jazz.

Breaks ------ A stop of the music in a jazz piece during which a soloist improvises, usually for two bars.
Head Arrangements ------ Arrangements that are not notated but are worked out in rehersal and, eventually, played by memory in traditional jazz syle. 
Improvisation ------ The process of simultaneously composing, performing, and listening to music.
Big Band Jazz ------ Music for a large jazz ensemble, usually from 12 to 20 musicians.
Walking Bass ------ A jazz bass line played on each beat, frequently with some embellishments and emphasizing the main tones of the underlying chord structure.
Scat Singing ------ Improvised jazz singing using a variety of vocal sounds rather than lyrics. Its purpose is to improvise a vocal solo line in the manner of a lead instrumentalist.
Syncopation ------ The occurrence of accents in unexpected places, usually on weak beats or on weak parts of beats.
Combo Jazz ------ A small jazz group, usually from three to six musicians.
Cool Jazz ------ An outgrowth of and reaction to bebop.
Free Jazz ------ A style that is almost pure improvisation without adherence to predetermined chord structures, meter, or melodic motives.
Ostinato ------ A rhythmic or melodic pattern repeated many times.
Hard Bop ------ The bebop style of the 1950s and 1960s
Sections ------ The different instrumental or vocal groupings of an ensemble.
Ragtime ------ A style of music first popular in the first two decades of the 20th century.
Comping ------ The syncopated chords and melodi figures played by a jazz pianist while accompanying a solo improvisation, adding rhythmic punctuation and vitality.
Sidemen ------ In a jazz combo, a leader typically put the group together (hired the musicians)
Stride ------ Originally a solo piano style growing out of ragtime.
Riffs ------ Short, sycopated patterns usually written for specific groups of instruments in a big band jazz arrangement.
Fills ------ Melodic movement and embellishment in jazz while the main melody sustains a tone, such as at the end of a pattern.
Mutes ------ A device placed on an instrument to alter its tone usually to soften it.
Lead ------ The soloist in a jazz arrangement or performance.