Also called jazz band

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Flute, soprano saxophone, one to three alto saxophones, one to three tenor saxophones, and/or one or two baritone saxophones.

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Three to five trombones and/or three to five trumpets.

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Also known as the backbone of the jazz ensemble - guitar or banjo, piano, plucked double bass, drums, congas, and/or tambourine.

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Is making music spontaneously

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Improvises on the chorus

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Altering jazz pitches

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Is the displacement of accented beats by accenting weak beats, having rests on strong beats or tying notes over from a weak to a strong beat.

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In this context, is a manner of performing jazz music.

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This scale is not a typical scale because it does not have a second or sixth degree. Instead, it has a flatted third, fifth, and seventh

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Also known as bebop dominant scale. It is a scale of nine notes.

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A standardized form, called (a)   , can be found in all styles of jazz.

During the early twentieth century, the cakewalk (strutting dance of the blacks in the South), minstrel songs, and vaudeville songs and dances have (a)   melodies with a highly pulsating accompaniment.

Are called rags and they are not improvised.

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Also called New Orleans style or hot jazz, is an instrumental music.

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Is an improvised singing style characterized by singing nontexted vocalizations or nonsense syllables like doo-bi-doo or du-rut-di-rut.

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This new jazz style was developed in the 1920s. This even reached its peak during the "swing era" (1935-1946). (a)   is performed by big bands with fifteen musicians.

Is a type of jazz that is for dancing, entertainment, and easy listening only.

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Is also known as big band jazz. This kind of jazz is created by more skillful jazz composers, arrangers, and performers. Sometimes, this type of jazz is called concert jazz.

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Is a style created by Benjamin "Benny" Goodman. He is hailed as the "King of Swing." His ingenuity in music can be seen in his hot jazz, gentle swing, and combo jazz.

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Also called rebop, or simply bop, is an important jazz style in the 1940s. This is aggressive and fast and is not intended for dancing but for listening.

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It emerged in the 1940s in reaction to the swing band style.

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Is also called avant-garde jazz. In this style, the musician has completed freedom to improvise.

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Also called jazz rock, fusion is the merging of rock sounds and rhythm with jazz improvisation.

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