Jazz Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. repeated phrase to stall for time
  2. 5. to play (including rhythm section players)
  3. 10. a person who is conventional or conservative in taste or way of life
  4. 11. wrong notes
  5. 13. speed of the beat
  6. 14. the “B” section of a tune
  7. 15. changes chords of the tune, “I Got Rhythm” by Gershwin
  8. 16. sentimental or florid music or art
  9. 17. short solo section without accompaniment
  10. 19. marked by a considerable departure from the conventional or traditional
  11. 20. a style with the beat divided into twos (also rock, latin)
  12. 22. the general shape , structure, tempo or style of a tune
  13. 24. offensive to the senses or sensibilities
  14. 26. style of fast swing
  15. 29. song
  16. 30. section piano, bass, drums, guitar
  17. 31. book melodies and chords of tunes
  18. 32. singers using nonsense syllables to improvise
  19. 33. line the horns in a combo
  20. 35. a job usually for a specified time; especially : an entertainer's engagement
  21. 36. instantaneous composition
  22. 38. a style where the beat is divided into threes
  23. 39. steady pulse
  24. 40. bandstand
  25. 41. American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre.
Down
  1. 1. technical ability of a musician
  2. 2. rhythms that start between beats and hold through the next
  3. 4. a really good player
  4. 6. part of an unexpected melody added to an improvisation
  5. 7. sheet melody and chords of a tune
  6. 8. to improvise on a musical instrument with a group
  7. 9. written arrangement
  8. 12. instrument
  9. 14. slow tune
  10. 18. short, repeated figure usually behind a soloist
  11. 20. a form usually with twelve measures
  12. 21. to practice (behind the woodshed)
  13. 23. front introduction of a tune
  14. 25. chords or harmony of a tune
  15. 27. one complete cycle through a tune
  16. 28. lengths of sounds and silence based on the beat
  17. 29. fours soloists alternating four measures, usually with the drummer
  18. 34. architecture of a tune in groups of measures
  19. 37. ending of a tune
  20. 38. tunes all musicians should know
  21. 40. chorus strong, last chorus