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12-Bar Blues |
The standard 12-bar chord sequence that is used in blues music (and a lot of jazz). |
Blues and jazz music |
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Blues Scale |
A major scale in which the 3rd and 7th note of the scale is flattened. This scale is used while improvising. |
3 and 7 |
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Melody |
The tune - usually heard incthe treblle part of the keyboard or a treble instrument, such as the trumpet or violin. |
Tune |
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Improvisation |
When the music is made up as you go along. |
Made up |
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Chords |
Usually refers to triads based on the notes of a scale. |
Triads |
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Chorus |
A word used in blues music for the chord sequence- often a 12-bar sequence of chords. |
Chord sequence |
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Comping |
Abbreviation for accompanying. |
Abbreviation |
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Bass Line |
The melody played in the low register of an instrument. |
Low register |
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Voicings |
The term used to describe the different ways a chord can be played. |
Different ways to play chords |
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Turnaround |
A short chords pattern at the end of a sequence signalling the return to the beginning of the sequence. |
A signal |
