Jazz Key Terms Flashcards
1
Q
What is a blue note?
A
Flattened 5th/7th
2
Q
What is a piano stride/New Orleans style?
A
LH plays single notes (pulse) whilst RH plays melody
3
Q
2 other Jazz musicians
A
Count Basie
Joe King Oliver
4
Q
Name of Duke Ellington’s son that saved Take the A Train
A
Mercer Ellington
5
Q
Who originally wrote Take the A Train?
A
Billy Strayhorn
6
Q
What is the A train?
A
Train in New York that went to Harlem
