to improvise on preset harmonies
Busk
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Barré Chord Shapes
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Technique
Barré chord shapes let guitarists transpose harmonies while preserving familiar left hand geometry. Good setup depends on thu…
Changes
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the set of chord changes, or harmonies, contained in the central theme or melody around which a piece has been built
Cool jazz
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restrained, unemotional performance with lush harmonies, moderate volume levels and tempos
Music ficta
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the sharpening or flattening of notes prescribed or permitted in modal music for the purpose of avoiding certain intervals, h…
Musica falsa
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the sharpening or flattening of notes prescribed or permitted in modal music for the purpose of avoiding certain intervals, h…
Polo, El
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a popular Venezuelan style where singers improvise and sing verses from well known traditional songs usually accompanied by b…
Primitivism
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twentieth century compositions that imitate rhythms, melodies, modes, and techniques of music of indigenous people, or music…
Bravura
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Italian
skill, spirit