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Learn the meanings and origins of various musical terms used in scores, reviews, and program notes. Browse the alphabetical list of terms from Italian, French, German, and other languages, with examples and references.
Learn the terms for musical instruments, techniques, equipment, and styles used in jazz and popular music. This glossary covers acoustic and electric instruments, amplifiers, effects, recording, and more.
Learn about the marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. Find out the meanings and names of clefs, lines, bars, braces, brackets, and more.
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation, and has many subgenres and regional scenes.
[citation needed] This derivation seems unlikely given the much earlier (1890s) use of the phrase "on the razzle-dazzle". Another theory is that there was a gin parlour notorious for the extreme merriment of its customers in London during the 1750s. Its proprietor, who called himself "Dash Razzall," was an unscrupulous man of Italian descent.
Spin highly recommended the album, praising its "stunning, almost seamless sample-driven tracks." [8] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave the album an honorable mention and quipped that it was "West Indian daisy age from boogie-down Toronto", choosing the tracks "Ludi" and "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" as highlights. [9]
Stride jazz piano is a style that arose from ragtime players in the 1920s, featuring left hand bass notes and chords, syncopated right hand melodies, and improvisation. Learn about its technique, history, practitioners, and compositions from this Wikipedia article.
Detour Ahead is a jazz standard with lyrics comparing love to a motor trip. It was written in 1948 by Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, and Lou Carter, who were members of The Soft Winds.