"(1) According to Apple Dictionary, Prana means: "breath, considered as a life-giving force," and a time signature is: "An indication of rhythm following a clef, generally expressed as a fraction with the denominator defining the beat as a division of a whole note and the numerator giving the number of beats in each bar." This could mean that the life giving breath is the notes of the song written on the sheet music. ... Jazz music does not abide by the normal rules of proper melody and beat found in the classical genre, just like a juke joint is a place to escape from the strict rules of soci...

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-Eighth note: is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of whole note. ... -Half note: is a note played for half the duration of a whole note and twice the duration of a quarter note. ... Widely used in classical and jazz music. ... -Quarter note: is a note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note. ... -Sixteenth note: is a note played for one sixteenth the duration of a whole note, hence the name. ...

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After the transition the viola became more apparent and it almost seemed to vary from jazz to a more classical tone. ... The texture of the ending of this song seemed a little grimy at times when the trumpet would chime in a few notes over the saxophone, almost drowning it out. ... The piano solo, on the other hand, consisted of a few short runs and some dissonant notes, but still triumphant. The climbing trumpets gave way to the short, still dissonant finishing notes of the piano and the intense crash of the high hat. ... This song also was not very dynamic and the trombone solo was of the s...

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JAZZ Jazz is the art of expression set to music! Jazz is said to be the fundamental rhythms of human life and mans contemporary reassessment of his traditional values. Tracing the origins of Jazz in the formative years is not an easy task. The music called jazz was born sometime around 1895 in...

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Instruments used There are no musical instruments that a truly unseen in jazz - virtually every one has been used by jazz musicians at one time or another, including all of the instruments of the European classical ensembles. ... Then on the last chorus Armstrong quickly rises to a high b-flat and holds the note for four whole bars. When the strain of the notes length and height is at its maximum, he releases it, lurching downward again and again. ...

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Also, the African scale, which contains notes flatted on the 3rd, 7th, and sometimes 5th degrees, is directly translated into blues music, which also incorporates slides into its instrumental form. ... A desirable jazz voice is not like that of a conservatory-trained classical vocalist. ...

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