Jazz Flashcards
where did it originate from?
America, New Orleans
what is it influenced by?
African music
what is ‘improvisation’?
making it up on the spot
what might the players do?
decorate the melody, add ornaments, play scales or arpeggios, take a fragment of the melody and improvise around it
what instruments play front line?
vocalist, trumpets, trombones, saxophones, clarinet (sometimes)
what instruments play the rhythm section?
piano, guitar, upright bass, drums
what is the jazz chord pattern called?
12 bar blues
where do the ‘blue notes’ occur on the scale?
flattened 3rd, 5th and 7th
what are blue notes ?
notes that don’t fit in the scale
what will the vocalist often do?
scat sing
what is scat singing?
singing nonsense syllables instead of words
what does the piano often do?
builds up harmony by comping/vamping chords
what does the upright bass often do?
plays a walking bass
what is a walking bass?
crotchets that outline the harmony of music
