In order to play music as the composer intended it to be played, a musician must understand not just the notes, but the musical terminology that is written with the notes. For example, if the word 'staccato' is written, the notes are to be played in a short, separated style. In ...
“Children’s Story,” a cautionary tale about the perils of street life, presented in one massive verse that lacked any kind of discernible chorus. The musical hook is an interpolation of jazz great Bob James’ 1974 instrumental “Nautilus,” played on the piano by Slick Rick himself. The ...
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All of these concepts originates from Afrofuturism, a belief coined by critic Mark Dery in 1994’sBlack to the Future, and combines elements of astral jazz, Black American sci-fi, and psychedelic hip-hop into an imaginative, alternative vision of tomorrow. Rooted ...
What we call the ''Baroque Period'' only came to be called that after the period was over, and the term, devised by critics who welcomed the return of classicism, was originally meant to be a criticism. In general, the Baroque stretches from about 1550-1750, and various regions of ...
Now we have got really a lot of different music to offer, but as a matter of fact, too much. That is because the criterion suggested so far includes all kinds of, for instance, Jazz-Rock, Folk-Rock and Space-Rock, and thus a lot of almost mainstream music, which an average Proghead...
"varsity", originally a slang contraction (short form of a word) of university,has acquired a special meaning which only it expresses and is no longer slang. Jazz,when it means a particular kind of music,is scarcely a slang form,since there is no more respectable word meaning that kind ...
Jazz, when it means a particular kind of music, is scarcely a slang form, since there is no more respectable word meaning that kind of music. What can readers know about slang from this article? A.Nobody has defined and recognized slang, although they are used by a generation after ...
Jazz can’t be imagined without the contributions of giants like Billy Strayhorn (of Duke Ellington’s band), who was openly gay, and, later, Cecil Taylor, who found that three-letter word was too limiting. Even in the prescriptive world of ’60s pop, where teen rebellion was anticipated...
Lyrics:But I lost myself when I lost you/ And I still got jazz when I’ve got those blues/ And I lost myself when I lost you / But I still get trashed when I hear your tunes Translation: Due to the mention of “hear your tune,” most people will think this song is about her...