Rock and Roll Keywords

• Drums

• Drumkit

• Percussion

• Cymbals

• Electric Guitar

• Bass Guitar

• Acoustic Guitar

• Harp

• Electric Guitar

• Bass Guitar

• Acoustic Guitar

• Harp

A vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all

• Scat

• Walking Bass

• Improvising

• Call and Response

Where one voice or instrument performs an idea and the rest of the group answer with something different.

• Scat

• Walking Bass

• Improvising

• Call and Response

Making up a musical idea on the spot.

• Scat

• Walking Bass

• Improvising

• Call and Response

A type of bass line found in Jazz where the string bass player walks up and down the notes of the chords and/or scales one at a time.

• Scat

• Walking Bass

• Improvising

• Call and Response

When a player performs the melody line on their own.

• Scat

• Walking Bass

• Improvising

• Solo

A short, catchy, and repeated melodic phrase.

• Scat

• Walking Bass

• Riff

• Solo

A chord progression that lasts 12 bars and typically uses three chords. Associated with blues music.

• 12 bar blues

• Walking Bass

• Riff

• Solo