bebop Flashcards
timeline
1942 - 1955
bebop peformers
charlie parker
dizzy gillespie
miles davis
instrumentation
small combo
saxes
drumkit
bass
trumpet
listening for bebop
small combo
complex chromaticism
fast running 8ths
virtuosic
how did bebop form
jazz musicians jamming at minton playhouse in harlem
playing with freedom and explore possibilities
reaction against swing bands and lack of improvisation
focus on bebop
improvisation
virtuosic solo peformers
quick tempos
rhythm of bebop
eight notes
fast tempo
complex syncopation
double time
melody of bebop
angular and jagged melodies
surround note technique or enclosure
assymetrical phrasing
long melodic phrases
arising arpeggic figures
harmony of bebop
altered and extended chords
substitution of chords
complex chord proggression
fast harmonic rhythm
timbre of bebop
quintet
small combo
virtuosic highly skilled performers
drums bass and piano
form of bebop
AABA or ABAB
32 bars
contrafacts - new melodies over existing chords
head
improvisation
song chorus form
texture of bebop
homophonic
dynamics of bebop
shape follows improviser
loud and intense
mood of bebop
intense virtuosic exciting and busy
