jazz and musicals

recitative style

spoken (sing-speak)

dancing

might hear tap dancing in the audio (tap dancing is a rhythmic device)

A B A structure - ternary form - what does this do

structure give simplicity

modulation

sudden key change (for dramatic effect)

tonality

key of a piece in music or the harmonic foundation upon which a key is built

straight rhythm

one and two and three and four (later 20th century, more pop influence)

swing rhythm

• shoo. ba do ba do ba do ba (more earlier 20th century, jazz influence)

• swung notes and swung rhythms

• triplets (squeeze three notes into two)

soprano

high pitched female

alto

low pitched female

tenor

high pitched male

bass

low pitched male

syncopation

emphasising the off-beat/weak part of the beat

pizzicato

plucking a stringed instrument

triplets

squeezing three notes into two

scatting

vocal improvisation

blues scale

scale used in jazz

walking bassline

bassline which moves in steps

pitch bending

When the pitch played slightly rises or falls but returns to original pitch