Jazz

Question 1

Ballad

Answer 1

A type of slow song, usually delivered with emotional intensity, found in many different genres of music. (Example: ‘Isfahan’ by Duke Ellington, ‘Long River’ by Angelique Francis, ‘Daughter’ by Beyonce, etc.)

Question 1

Improvisation

Answer 1

Creating music on the spot, in the moment, in response to the
performance situation and the musical choices of fellow performers.

Question 2

Jazz standards

Answer 2

A set of repertoire written between 1930-1970 commonly used for
performing traditional jazz music, for which the melody and chords are predetermined and everything else is improvised.

Question 3

Trading

Answer 3

An improvisation method in which members of the band take turns playing short solos of the same length each (i.e. trading 4 bars, 8 bars, choruses, etc), over the chord progression of the song.