MUS-1003 : Quiz 1 Jazz Terms
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These terms are directly from professor grimes, posted on moodle. I suggest making note cards to help study. 12 bars, 3 sections of 4 bars each. I got to keep movin, blues fallin down like hail. I can"t keep no money with a hellhound on my trail. The middle section of an a a b a tune. Also part of a stringed instrument that holds up the strings. One pass through the form of the tune. Similar to going around the board in monopoly. A spot in the music where the band stops playing in order to let the soloist get a good start. The rhythm section and/or band usually plays a note every two or four bars. Alternating four (x) bar phrases between the rest of the band and the drummer. A colloquial expression, meaning an added or "tagged" on ending. A short section (usually 2 bars) repeated over and over.
