MUS 307: Jazz Appreciation (2025)
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Terms in this set (152)
, - collective improvisation in front line
instruments
- Instrumentation differs from many
eras, front line of trumpet, clarinet,
and trombone; sometimes banjo and
Early Jazz tuba
features (3)/ - short selections (i.e. Louis
instrumentation Armstrong)
- Function of music: social (dancing &
carousing) (happy fast paced music)
- European (chord progression) &
African Influences ("call and
response", emphasis on drumming)
- Jazz's most popular era
- purpose of music was dancing (you
can tell because of the tempo and
drumming)
Swing features - Precomposed melodies: simpler,
(3)/ less grinding, dissonant
instrumentation - Emphasis on composition and
arrangment
- big band instrumentation ( 5
saxophones, 4-5 trumpets, 4-5
trombones, and rhythm section)
, - Complicated language using scales
and arpeggios (aka fast notes),
technical proficiency, upper register
of trumpet, emphasis on improv, more
dissonant
- purpose: listening ( jazz lost
popularity in this era because it
evolved in isolation)
Bebop features
- dress and language are unique to
(2)/
the sub-culture (suits, slang, drug
instrumentation
usage)
- tension in the solos, extremem
registers, surprises in rhythms and
notes, complicated
- rhythm section: aggressive
drumming ("dropping bombs")
- Primary instrumentation: front line of
trumpet, alto sax; piano, bass, drums
Comprehensive QUESTIONS
(FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED) AND
VERIFIED DETAILED ANSWERS | get
it 100% accurate!!
Save
Terms in this set (152)
, - collective improvisation in front line
instruments
- Instrumentation differs from many
eras, front line of trumpet, clarinet,
and trombone; sometimes banjo and
Early Jazz tuba
features (3)/ - short selections (i.e. Louis
instrumentation Armstrong)
- Function of music: social (dancing &
carousing) (happy fast paced music)
- European (chord progression) &
African Influences ("call and
response", emphasis on drumming)
- Jazz's most popular era
- purpose of music was dancing (you
can tell because of the tempo and
drumming)
Swing features - Precomposed melodies: simpler,
(3)/ less grinding, dissonant
instrumentation - Emphasis on composition and
arrangment
- big band instrumentation ( 5
saxophones, 4-5 trumpets, 4-5
trombones, and rhythm section)
, - Complicated language using scales
and arpeggios (aka fast notes),
technical proficiency, upper register
of trumpet, emphasis on improv, more
dissonant
- purpose: listening ( jazz lost
popularity in this era because it
evolved in isolation)
Bebop features
- dress and language are unique to
(2)/
the sub-culture (suits, slang, drug
instrumentation
usage)
- tension in the solos, extremem
registers, surprises in rhythms and
notes, complicated
- rhythm section: aggressive
drumming ("dropping bombs")
- Primary instrumentation: front line of
trumpet, alto sax; piano, bass, drums
