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Jazz Vocabulary

Jazz Vocabulary. Ms. Schmitt. Bepop. Bepop (noun). Bepop mixes a strong beat with made up notes, so the song is never the same twice. A style of jazz music that stress improvisation and fast, complex harmonies and rhythms. Improvise. Improvise (noun).

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Jazz Vocabulary

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  1. Jazz Vocabulary Ms. Schmitt

  2. Bepop

  3. Bepop (noun) • Bepop mixes a strong beat with made up notes, so the song is never the same twice. • A style of jazz music that stress improvisation and fast, complex harmonies and rhythms.

  4. Improvise

  5. Improvise (noun) • After the musician’s music fell to the floor, she had to improvise. • To make up as one goes along to create in the moment.

  6. Spontaneity

  7. Spontaneity (noun) • Spontaneity can help a performer recover from a mistake in his or her routine. • The act of following one’s feelings in the moment rather than planning

  8. Plantation

  9. Plantation • Many slaves risked their lives trying to escape the harsh working conditions of life on the plantation. • A large farm with many workers.

  10. Woo

  11. Woo (Verb) • The candidate used promises of a better future to woo, or seek favor with, the voters. • To win someone over; to make someone like you

  12. scat

  13. Scat (noun) • Most people considered Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) to be the best singer of scat. • A style of singing that uses sounds and syllables to imitate the sound of an instrument.

  14. Quarters

  15. Quarters (noun) • The living quarters for soldiers are also called barracks. • Living space for workers, soldiers, pirates, or slaves

  16. Innovator

  17. Innovator (noun • Benjamin Franklin was an innovator, or inventor, who made many discoveries about electricity. • A person who helps to create, develop, or invent something

  18. Melodic

  19. Melodic (adjective) • Jazz can be a very melodic when it has a central tune. • Highlighting the tune as opposed to the rhythm or harmony; musically pleasant

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