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Section 1
(50 cards)
Cool Jazz
A style introduced about 1950 for large bands that included some symphonic instruments
Scatting/ Scat Singing
Improvised Jazz singing in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument
Urban Blues
Blues pieces written for publication and professional performance
Modes
Seven-note scales within the range of an octave, including but not limited to the scale patterns we call major and minor
Tango
Graceful, sensuous Argentinean dance, the first of the Latin rhythms to become popular in the United States
Salsa
Popular Cuban dance band music with rhythms derived from African American dances
Rural/Country Blues
Resembled Folk music in sound, but highly distinctive in form. Songs regarded work, love, & every day troubles
Twelve-bar blues
Blues Form: Each stanza had three lines, and each line had four measures or bars. It was the only purely American contribution to musical form
Bomba
Puerto Rican couple dance derived from Africa
Bebop
A complex, highly improvised jazz style, largely developed by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Cu-bop
Dizzy Gillespie's fusion of Latin rhythms with bebop
Big Bands
Popular dance ensembles of the 1930s and 1940s, consisting of twelve to eighteen players
Atonal
With no tonic note or tonal relationships
Mambo
Afro-Cuban form of big band dance music
Chachacha
A slower version of the mambo, with a double beat added between the last and first beats of each measure
Classic Blues
Performed in theaters, clubs, and recordings; often had a band backing them up. More professional than rural. Most singers were women.
Habanera
Cuban dance, whose rhythm is the basis of the tango
Conjunto
Ensemble accompanying dance and song in norteño music, north and south of the Mexico-Texas border
Rumba
Group of Afro-Cuban musical and dance forms, with many variants
Concerto
A multimovement (usually 3-movement) work for orchestra plus solo instruments or instruments
Rock and Roll
A popular music of the mid-1950s to mid-1960s that combined characteristics of rhythm and blues and country-western music
Mariachis
Mexican strolling groups of musicians, including strings and often led by one or more trumpets
Norteño
Texas Mexican-American style of music
New Orleans Jazz
Virtuosic improvisation by members of a jazz combo on a given melody
Hard Bop
Simple tunes accompanied by repetitive rhythms
Combo
A small jazz ensemble
Race Records
Records intended for an African American audience
Progressive Jazz
A symphonic approach to jazz, introduced by Stan Kenton
Tejano
Music of Mexican Americans born and living in South Texas
Riff
A repeated melodic or rhythmic pattern that provides unity in a jazz composition
Jam
To improvise together informally
Blues
Foundation of Jazz; derive from African American traditions
AAB Form
Form that Blues were played in; consisted of statement, repeat, response.
Kansas City Jazz
A light, spacious, relaxed style based on melodic riffs
Swing
A term with many meanings, including a mood of lilting spontaneity and a danceable music played by the big bands in the 1930s and 1940s
Conga
Cuban carnival dance-march, performed in a chain, with a heavy kick marking every fourth beat
Eight-to-the-bar
Ostinato that accompanies a boogie. Each of the four counts in a measure is divided into long and short beat
Samba
Most famous Brazilian song-dance; duple meter
Boogie-Woogie or Piano BLues
A popular piano style with the form and harmony of the blues, but a faster tempo and a dance beat
Bossa Nova
Brazilian rhythm, slower, more subtle than Cuban dances, reflecting the influence of cool and progressive jazz
Reeds
Small, flexible pieces of material on wind instruments that vibrate
Dixieland
A white imitation of New Orleans Jazz, introduced in Chicago; faster and more intense than NOJ
Irregular Meters
Meters other than duple, triple, or quadruple (usually five or seven to the bar)
Blue notes
"bent" or slurred, unclear notes
Rhythms and Blues (R&B)
Broadly, black popular music of the 1950s. A black popular style in quadruple meter, with strong backbeats and a danceable tempo
Polytonal
Multiple simultaneous keys
Jazz
a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century
Doo-wop
The name given to background vocal ensembles that accompanied Motown singers, often by singing neutral or nonsense syllables
Sweet Jazz
Music with the sound and flavor of jazz, but arranged so that playing it requires little improvisation
Stride Piano
A jazz piano style in which the left hand alternates low bass notes (1 & 3) with midrange chords (2 & 4)
Section 2
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Source or Diegetic Music
Music heard by characters in a film as well as by the audience
Quarter Tones
The interval halfway between half steps
Chamber Opera
An opera for a small number of performers
Microtone
Any interval smaller than a half step
Chorus
a large ensemble, with several voices on each part
Recitative
A declamatory setting of text, with rhythms and inflections related to those of speech. Used in opera and other dramatic vocal works
Opera
A drama that is sung, usually with orchestral accompaniment
Sound Track
All the dialogue, sound effects, and music of a film
Concept Musical
A musical show presenting ideas subject to the audience's interpretation and leaving situations unresolved at the end
Patter Song
A feature of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas (and other forms of music theater) in which humorous words are sung very rapidly, with comic effect
Theremin
The earliest electronic musical instrument
Chamber Musical
Musical for a small cast and economical resources
Libretto
The words of an opera or another dramatic vocal work
Ziegfeld Follies
Elegant revues produced by Florenz Ziegfeld nearly every year from 1907 to 1932
Functional or Nondiegetic Music
Film music heard by the audience only
Operetta (light opera)
A form of music theater in which the music and dancing are closely integrated with the plot
Tone Cluster
A chord, usually of several tones, built upon seconds. Often played with a flat of the hand, the arm, or a broad cut to a particular length
Musical Comedy
A play with music, in which the elements of entertainment are connected by a plot
New Music
The term used for music of an experimental nature
Vaudeville
A show with various acts including blackface scenes, dogs, circus stunts, songs, and dance
Oklahoma!
Landmark musical, by Rodgers and Hammerstein, integrating all elements of entertainment into the drama
Payola
The acceptance by disc jockeys of money and gifts in return for plugging recordings
Temp
Temporary film score, composed of existing music, offered to demonstrate to a film's composer the type of music desired for the film
Treemonisha
An opera by Scott Joplin
Polyrhythms
Two or more simultaneous rhythmic patterns
Burlesque
A variety show featuring satirical humor; later associated with striptease acts
Motown
A highly successful black company that recorded, published, and sponsored black popular music
Experimental Music
Music challenging traditional concepts of musical sound
Aria
A songlike setting, musically expressive, accompanied by the orchestra
Bionality
Two keys at the same time
Ensemble
In music theater, a group of solo singers, performing their own words and music at the same time
Classical Hollywood Film Score
Lush orchestral score particularly associated with films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s
Funk
Rock music rooted in soul but with lyrics that express interracial concerns
Collective Improvisation
Simultaneous improvisation by some or all members of a combo
Soul
A fervent, emotional black style rooted in gospel and the blues
Book Shows
Musicals with an integrated plot
Film Score
All the music accompanying a film
Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas
Comic English musicals (words by Gilbert; music by Sullivan)
Rockability
A close amalgamation of country music and rock and roll
Choreographer
Person who designs the steps and movements of dancers
Multimedia Show
Performance including some combination of music, dance, film, slides, tape recordings, and other sound and visual techniques
Surfing Songs
Songs by the Beach Boys and other groups reflecting the easy California lifestyle
Mickey Mousing
Musically mimicking or accenting an action
Overture
In musical theater, an introductory instrumental piece
Free Jazz
A style of free improvisation introduced by Orenette Coleman in 1960s
Show Boat
Landmark musical by Jerome Kern, based on a literary work and addressing sensitive social issues
Jazz-Rock Fusion
Rock instrumentation blended with the improvisation and flexible rhythms of jazz
New Age
A soft rock style providing soothing, repetitious blocks of gentle, unassuming sounds produced by synthesizers or acoustic folk instruments
Revue
Originally, a show with the lavish staging and costumes but no integrated plot. Later, a series of scenes united by a theme but without a plot
Third Stream
Term coined by Gunther Schuller, referring to the combination, but not the blending, of jazz and classical music.
Section 3
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