Music for ensemble - Blues/Jazz

12 bar blues

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Walking bass

a bass line in which a note is played on each beat of the bar, and which typically moves up and down the stave by step/small interval

Blues scale

a minor pentatonic scale with an extra note: that of the flattened 5th

What would usually happen over a 12 bar blues

* improvisation
* Melismas are heard in many blues vocal melodies
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A common feature

Call and response

Common rhythms

* syncopation
* swung rhythms
* usually in 4/4
* walking bass

Rhythm section

bass player, drummer, pianist and guitarist

Front line

horns - sax, trumpet

What do vocalists often do

scat - imitation of instruments

What chords are often used in jazz

minor and major 7th and extended chords

Stab chords

short staccato chords