Jazz Origin and Style (Terms to Know) Flashcards
1
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The process of notating musical performance
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Transcription
2
Q
Informal competition among musicians intended to identify the
greatest creativity and skill
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Cutting Contest
3
Q
Payment made by a music publisher to a composer based on the
number of printed copies sold
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Royalties
4
Q
Notated or written compositions for piano in four sections;
associated with Scott Joplin and his contemporaries
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Classic ragtime
5
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A genre of musical composition for the piano, generally in duple meter and containing a highly syncopated treble lead over a rhythmically steady bass. A ragtime composition is usually composed of three or four contrasting sections or strains, each one being 16 or 32 measures in length
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Ragtime
