MUAR 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Cootie Williams, Bud Powell, Pocket Trumpet
23 Apr 2016
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Rhythm section: the instruments in a group that provide the most prominent rhythmic and harmonic foundation of the music; usually piano, bass, guitar, drums, tuba, banjo. Front line: in contrast to the rhythm section, these are the 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. 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.
