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Swing Vocab
MUSIC - SMS
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unison | all the instruments play the same notes at the same time - as one voice |
| riff | a short melodic idea or phrase, used in the background |
| walking bass | the bass line made of up and down steps |
| ostinato | repeated melodic theme |
| shuffle | the basic Swing rhythm, accented on 2 and 4 |
| groove | when the bass plays ostinato while the drums play a repeated set pattern |
| stacctato | playing the notes disconnected from each other |
| legato | playing notes smoothly connected |
| accents | certain notes are played suddenly louder |
| mute | a device which muffles and/or changes the sound of an instrument |
| voicing | assigning different notes of a chord to different instruments according to their range |