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23 Cards in this Set
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False start |
An incorrect start of a performance: a musician begins playing a measure or two, and then, realizing the mistake, stops abruptly |
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Remastering |
The digital enhancement of an original recording's sound quality; it includes such techniques as filtering out extraneous noise and boosting certain frequencies |
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Ghost bands |
Groups who continue to travel and work under new direction although their founding leaders have died |
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MIDI |
An acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, this standard language allows computers to control synthesizers or samplers |
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Crossover |
Combines jazz or jazz values with other styles and music of other cultures |
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Back catalog |
Includes the complete recordings that a company holds in its vaults or claims the rights to by having purchased other record labels. Many of these recordings are out of print or were never issued in their original form |
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Complete reissue |
Duplicates any recorded material-- including errors,outtakes and technical problems -- that the issuing record company can locate |
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Backbeats |
Heavy emphases in beats 2 and 4 as played by the drummer (usually) on the snare drum. They can be added to a 4/4 swing rhythm as well. Backbeats increase danceability by clarifying the rhythm and adding to the excitement of the music |
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Slap bass |
A technique in which the bass player percussively hits the low strings of the instrument while picking melodies on the higher ones. Larry Graham created this " slapping and popping " style that jazz, funk, and popular bass players subsequently imitated |
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Overdubbing |
Or multitracking, is a recording studio technique that was generally available by the 1950s. The recording tape has several parallel tracks that enable musicians to record additional performance parts at later times. The added part is called an overdub. By wearing headphones, the players follow and "play to" the previously recorded tracks. |
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Sampling |
The practice of digitally recording sounds for Musical use in playback. Any kind of sound can be sampled -- from a note on an acoustic instrument, to natural sounds, to a passage of music already recorded. For playback, the sound is usually activated by computer or by pressing a key on a keyboard |
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Smooth jazz |
A popular form of fusion jazz that is common today. It combines rock or funk grooves with an electronic ambience to create an "easy listening" feel. Although improvisation may be present, the pleasant quality of the groove and melody are its dominant features |
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Neo-swing |
Was a popular movement in the 1990s that re-created the style of the 1930s and 1940s big bands |
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M-Base |
Macro-Basic Array of Structured Extemporization Way of thinking about creating music |
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Who played drums |
Tony Williams Buddy Rich |
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Who played trumpet |
Wynton Marsalis Randy Brecker |
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Who played guitar |
John McLaughlin Brian Setzer Pat Metheny |
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Who played piano |
Josef Pastorius Herbie Hancock Chick Corea |
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Who played bass |
Jaco Pastorius |
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Who played sax |
Kenny G Mike Brecker Jan Garbarek Wayne Shorter Steve Coleman John Zorn |
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Who played piano, alto, composer |
Keith Jarrett |
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Who was a singer |
Diana Krall Norah Jones Bobby McFerrin |
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Who played alto sax & clarinet |
Paquito |
