MUAR 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Alto Saxophone, Evan Parker, Boogie-Woogie
14 Mar 2016
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Rhythm section: instruments in a group that provide the most prominent rhythmic and harmonic foundation of the music, usually piano, bass, guitar, drums tuba, banjo. Rhythm: beats/pulses that are organized into groups, forming a song structure, intertwined with melody and harmony. Front line: instruments that will usually play the melody and improvise solos, saxophones, clarinets, trumpets and trombones. Syncopation: accenting a normally weak beat or weak part of the beat ie. usually beat 1 and 3. Vibrato: the fluctuation of the pitch of a vocal or instrumental tone used as expressive device. Chorus: the main body of the song form which is repeated many times for improvised solos. Riff: a short melodic phrase often repeated by a soloist or group. Two-feel: a rhythm section style that emphasizes the first and third beat of a four beat measure. Walking bass: a bass style in which a separate tone is played on each beat of the measure.
