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- 2. The style of the 30s, when the big band was the dominant form of Jazz (5)
- 5. The piano, bass and drums in a combo, those who play behind the soloists (6)
- 9. The contrasting middle section of a tune, often into a different key (6)
- 12. A way of writing a song in which after a singer sings a line, other singers respond with a line that completes the thought (15)
- 13. A type of music of black American origin which emerged at the beginning of the 20th century, characterised by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm (4)
- 14. The establishment of a new key (10)
- 15. A sequence of chords that form a cadence at the end of a section of a tune (10)
- 17. The equivalent of group or ensemble in jazz (5)
- 18. A style of jazz with syncopated melodies played over a regular rhythmic bass, using a solo piano (7)
- 24. Improvise lyrics as nonsense syllables (4)
- 25. An individualized and loose form of unison, especially in early jazz (10)
- 26. A rhythm used in earlier jazz, based on uneven triplets, and deriving from a dance step in which the feet move across the floor without being lifted (7)
- 27. The typical piano style in blues where the left hand usually plays a single bass note, or a bass octave or tenth, followed by a chord, while the right hand plays syncopated melody lines with harmonic and riff embellishments and fill patterns (6)
- 28. Specifically, the topmost line or voice (6)
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- 1. The quality of a musical tone that distinguishes different voices, instruments and effects (6)
- 3. A well-known composition from the jazz repertoire which is widely played and recorded (8)
- 4. The process of spontaneously creating fresh melodies over a repeating cycle of chords (13)
- 6. A term popularly applied to a style of jazz that continued and furthered the New Orleans' jazz tradition (9)
- 7. The accenting of weak beats; a momentary disturbance of a regular rhythm (11)
- 8. The style of Jazz developed by young players in the early 40s with small groups were favoured (5)
- 10. Music of several different melodic parts that support each other (10)
- 11. A portion of a tune which seems like a tail, or extra measures, added to the last section (4)
- 12. A passage in which a different meter is temporarily expressed or implied, while the usual meter continues underneath (11)
- 16. A style of jazz that developed in the early part of the 20th century with composers such as Joe ‘King’ Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton (10)
- 19. The pattern of rhythmic placement of harmony used by keyboardists and guitarists while accompanying soloists (7)
- 20. Sliding or slurring from one note to the next quickly (9)
- 21. The refrain or the main body of a popular song (6)
- 22. Any one player's improvisation over one or more choruses of the tune (4)
- 23. A style of jazz, with a form normally consisting of 12 bars, staying in one key and moving to IV at bar 5 with, a use of certain 'blues scales', riffs and grace notes (5)