Blues, Jazz, Ragtime, Swing

Making music up on the spot

• Improvisation

• Syncopation

• Blues

• Riff

A short repeating musical pattern/phrase

• Improvisation

• Syncopation

• Blues

• Riff

To play smoothly

• Improvisation

• Syncopation

• Legato

• Staccato

To play short and detached

• Improvisation

• Syncopation

• Legato

• Staccato

Music with roots in the slave trade era (often just a voice and acoustic guitar)

• Blues

• Jazz

• Swing

• Ragtime

A style from the 1920's that features Improvisation and instruments such as Saxophone

• Blues

• Jazz

• Swing

• Ragtime

Music for solo piano and features a vamp and syncopation

• Blues

• Jazz

• Swing

• Ragtime

Music from the 1930's played by a Big Band

• Blues

• Jazz

• Swing

• Ragtime

To play or sing on your own

• Riff

• Solo

• Improvisation

• Vamp

Off the beat is also known as...

• Riff

• Improvisation

• Syncopation