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Music Vocab Quiz

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1. Stride piano




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2. Spanish tinge




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3. Call and Response




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4. Tempo




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5. Cutting contest




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6. Bar Measure




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7. Double Time




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8. Cool




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9. Polyphony




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10. Tailgating




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11. a jazz or pop tune that is widely known by jazz musicians and is played often. "Someday my prince will come"




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12. a jazz club in NYC that was important in bop era.




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13. the process of inserting new chords into the existing chord progression of an established tune; chord substitution. Used by pianist Art Tatum in 1930's and bop musicians in 40's.




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14. the technique of varying pitch up and down slightly to produce a waving sound; favored by wind and string players, and vocalists.




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15.  music that is notated and sold in loose sheet format.




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16. the fundamental beat driving the music that creates the tempo.




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17. the act of adding syncopated rhythms of ragtime to more traditional dance pieces.




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18. the improvised decoration of a melody




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19. notational representations of chords, or a kind of shorthand used to quickly communicate the harmonic content of a chord.




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20. technique of exchanging four-bar solos, usually between a soloist and a drummer





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