Musical Vocabulary
The space of 8 notes between 2 notes of the same letter (C-C, etc.)
What is an Octave?
A 3-note chord
What is a triad?
Jazz started in the more risque areas of ___________
New Orleans
What is the tonic in Eb Major?
Eb
This trumpet player was famous for trumpet and vocal scat solos
Louis Armstrong
A series of notes moving up by step in 1 octave
What is a scale?
1 3 5
What is a major triad?
Dixieland Jazz used small groups, making music in real time or ___________________
collective improvisation
What not is 5 in Eb Major
Bb
This trumpet player was famous for Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz and Fusion
Miles Davis
The tonal center of a piece of music
What is the key?
The 1st note of a chord
Composing music in real time
What is improvisation?
What are the chord tones of an Eb Major triad?
Eb G Bb
This saxophonist was famous for his expansive improvisation on songs like "My Favorite Things" and "Impressions"
John Coltrane
The 1st note of a scale
What is the tonic?
Triads that add one more note, the 7th
What are 7th chords?
Jazz from the 1950's and '60's that focused on scalar melodies, simple chord changes, and often had bass ostinatos
What is Modal Jazz?
What are the notes of an Fminor (ii) triad in Eb Major?
F Ab C
This band in New Orleans has been preserving jazz music and jazz history since the 1960s
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Two notes that sound the same but are spelled different (B-Cb, etc.)
What is an enharmonic?
1 b3 5
What is a minor triad?
Repeating patterns in music, in jazz often played by the bass or piano.
What are Ostinato?
Bb D F Ab
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