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Features of Jazz

Features of Jazz. Improvisation Syncopation Blues Influence. Improvisation. Music made up in the moment, not planned in advance. Syncopation. Emphasis of weak beats or on the off-beat. Beat. A steady pulse that synchronizes and organizes music in time. Blues.

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Features of Jazz

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  1. Features of Jazz Improvisation Syncopation Blues Influence

  2. Improvisation • Music made up in the moment, not planned in advance

  3. Syncopation • Emphasis of weak beats or on the off-beat

  4. Beat • A steady pulse that synchronizes and organizes music in time

  5. Blues • Early African-American music featuring African melodies with European harmony & improvisation

  6. Melody • A succession of single notes

  7. Chords

  8. Melody Example

  9. Harmony • Simultaneous sounding of more than one note • In jazz, usually chords

  10. Form • Ordering of repeating and contrasting sections of a song

  11. Blues Form

  12. Blues: a hybrid

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