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Blues Terms Flashcards

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Syncopation

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Off beat rhythms

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Swung rhythm

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2/3 -1/3 ratio for crotchets (doo-bee)

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Walking bass

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Continuous moving crotchets, steady pace, outline of chords of 12 bar blues

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Blues scale

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Combination of a Major and minor scale that has a distinctive blues feel

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Circle of fifths

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Relationship between 12 notes in the chromatic scale (all black and white notes)

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Blues notes

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Notes in the blues scale: flattened 3rd, 5th and 7th in blues scale

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Spiritual

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Short (gospel) song describing spirituality. It originates from slave trade

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Call and Response

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Improvisation based on a piece

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