Chapter 5 World of Music

Chapter 5 Terms

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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.