in jazz, a direction indicating that a performer should be silent
Stroll
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Tasto solo
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Italian
a performer's marking indicating that a note should be performed without harmony
Lay out
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direction indicating that a player should be silent, in jazz
Staccato
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Italian
a dot above the note indicating that the note thus marked should be shortened to half its written length, the second half rep…
Shape
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the direction of a melody; the abstract quality of the motion and figure of a composition, achieved through dynamics, pitch d…
Dixieland jazz
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style of jazz with a simple, cheerful character
Dynamic mark
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mark indicating that the dynamic level of a piece should gradually or suddenly change see dynamic symbols in Phrasing Symbols…
New Orleans jazz
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an early style of jazz originating in New Orleans in the first two decades of the twentieth century
Outside
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associated with free jazz and a style of playing in which the performer improvised freely, breaking away from strict adherenc…