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Swing Vocab
MUSIC - SMS
Term | Meaning |
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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 |