in jazz, the technique uses a set of chords played at the end of one section to provide a smooth transition into the next section
Turnaround
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a three section form in which the first section A is repeated, often with some changes, after a middle section B, thus the fo…
Arrange
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to set a work originally written for one instrument (or set of instruments) for another instrument or set of instruments
Attacca
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at once, attack, immediately; used at the end of a section, the term means go on immediately to the next section without a pa…
String quartet
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a quartet formed of one first violinist, one second violinist, one violist and one cellist
Ballade
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thirteenth , fourteenth and fifteenth century formes fixes, a strophic piece, each stanza having an initial repeated section…
Double-time
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in jazz, packing twice as many notes in a measure as were there in the preceding measures so that the tempo appears to gain a…
Link
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material that appears between the end of one phrase and the beginning of the next, but belongs to neither
Rhythm section
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the performers using percussion instruments; when applied to a jazz band, the rhythm section includes piano, double bass (or…