MUS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Swing Music, Tempo Rubato, Ragtime

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The elements of jazz: jazz began as folk music and has evolved into more complex music that reflects the. American society: the ingredients or elements of jazz are the same as other forms of music, rhythm, melody, harmony, texture and form. Rhythm: varying lengths of sound and silence all in relationship to a steady pulse, some notes in a melody last longer than others. Happy birthday: meter defines the number of beats in a measure. Brubeck"s saxophonist, paul desmond wrote the hit take five . Symphony orchestras and large bands have conductors to control the pace and flow of. Thursday, january 26, 2017 the music: displaying rhythm visually is called conducting, jazz rhythm sections are comprised of drums, bass, piano and guitar. Swing rhythm: difficult to define, forward momentum, uneven pace accent on 2 and 4, triplet subdivision of the beat.

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