pachanga
A rhythmic style and a dance developed in the 1950s and 1960s.
A rhythmic style and a dance developed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Decorating and reworking a melody or parts of a melody in different forms.
An interval of seven semitones.
The notes leading into a tune or a chorus.
The plucking of strings with the fingers.
Music of several different melodic parts that support each other.
Simultaneous use of different meters.
The American popular song form derives from a long history of European folk song, theater music, and light opera, and was modified in America by Broadway musicals, African American folk songs, the blues, and other musics. The most common popular song forms played in jazz are of the AABA, 32-bar type, the 32-bars divided into eight-bar phrases ("The Man I Love" or "I Got Rhythm" are typical).
A general term for many developments in jazz after the 1950s.
Modern jazz (c. 1945-1955); also music associated with the Stan Kenton Orchestra.