MUSC 2140 Study Guide - Louis Armstrong, Cymbal, Modern Jazz Quartet
18 Apr 2013
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Brass band which gave the melody like trumpet, cornet, trombone and clarinet (front line), second line percussion: string ensemble: violins, banjos, bass guitar made up rhythm section, improvisation: 3 instruments in the front line( cornet, clarinet, trombone) improvised simultaneously in dense polyphonic texture (know today as collective improvisation) most distinctive feature of. Clarke"s unexpected bass drum explosions were known as dropping: jam sessions tested musicians, and made people who didn"t belong have bombs to go home and practice. To test someone would play at very fast tempo, or unfamiliar key or each chorus modulate half step. Led to experimenting with bizarre chords, improvising at unbelievable speeds: bebop style. New harmonies fastened onto dissonances like the tritone: chromatic interval known during middle ages as devil in music and during the bebop era as the flatted fifth. New york jazz: new york homophonic texture (style) of larger ensembles made possible by new jazz skill knowledge developing: arranging, stride piano: anything.
