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Aeolian

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6th mode of a major scale. Natural minor.

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The natural minor scale is called what?

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Aeolian. 6th mode of a major scale.

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“altered mode”

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the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale.

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“avoid” note

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Note from the scale of a chord that sounds dissonant when held against the chord. Usually the 4th of a major chord and the 11th of a dominant chord.

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The 4th of a major chord and the 11th of a dominant chord are also called what?

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The “avoid” note.

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What is the avoid note in a dominant chord?

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The 11th

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What is the avoid note in a major chord?

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The 4th

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When did bebop evolve?

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The early 1940’s

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Charlie Parker is called by what nickname?

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Bird.

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“Bird” refers to what famous musician?

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Charlie Parker.

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What does “blowing choruses” mean?

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The choruses of a tune that are improvised.

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“Break” in a jazz setting.

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Usually at the beginning of a solo. The soloist plays alone while the rest of the band lays out, usually for 2, 4, or 8 bars.

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Bridge

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The B section, usually on an AABA or ABA tune.

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“The channel” is another term for what?

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The bridge.

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Cadenza

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The improvised rubato ending of indeterminate length, played by the soloist while the rhythm section lays out.

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Changes

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The chords to a tune.

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The chords to a tune are also called what?

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The changes.

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“Chorus” can mean what, besides a repeated refrain?

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Once through a tune.

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Once through a tune is referred to as what?

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A chorus.

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Clave

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A two bar rhythmic pattern that almost all Afro-Cuban music is based upon.

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What’s the two-bar rhythmic pattern from Afro-Cuban music called?

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Clave

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In the circle of fourths, which direction will the next note be a 4th higher?

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Counterclockwise.

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In circles of fourths and fifths, which one goes higher clockwise and which counterclockwise?

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Circle of fourths gets higher as you move counterclockwise and the circle of fifths gets higher as you move clockwise.

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Deceptive cadence

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A V chord resolving someplace other than down a 5th.

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What's the name for a V chord that resolves to a ii?
A deceptive cadence. It would be deceptive as long as it resolved anywhere but down a 5th.
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Diatonic
Chords within a particular key. CM7, D-7, Esus-9, FM#4, G7, and Gsus are diatonic to the key of C.
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Name some jazz chords diatonic to the key of C
CM7, D-7, Esus-9, FM#4, G7, and Gsus are diatonic to the key of C.
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"Straight ahead" means what?
Play with a swing feeling.
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Playing with a swing feeling can be called what?
Playing straight ahead.
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What's the inversion of a major 3rd?
minor 6th
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What's the inversion of a minor 6th?
major 3rd
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What's the inversion of a minor 2nd?
major 7th
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What's the inversion of a major 7th?
minor 2nd
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What's the inversion of a perfect 5th?
perfect 4th
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What's the inversion of a tritone?
Tritone.
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What triad is made of two minor 3rds?
A diminished triad.
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What intervals make up an augmented triad.
Two major 3rds.
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What triad has a major 3rd with a minor 3rd on top.
Major triad.
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What's the basic chord progression in jazz?
II-V-I
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What is one musical example of the II-V-I progression in jazz?
"Stella by Starlight" by Victor Young. "Tune Up" by Miles Davis. "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane.
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Name the modes in order
Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian.
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What mode is built on the 5th scale degree?
Mixolydian
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What mode is built on the 4th scale degree?
Lydian
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What mode is built on the 3rd scale degree?
Phrygian
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What mode is built on the 7th scale degree?
Locrian
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Dorian is built on what scale degree?
2nd
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Lydian is built on what scale degree?
4th
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Phrygian is built on what scale degree?
3rd
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Ionian is built on what scale degree?
1st
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M7 is what mode?
Ionian
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-7 is what mode?
Dorian or Phrygian or Aeolian
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M7#4 is what mode?
Lydian
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7 is what mode
Mixolydian
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dim is what mode
Locrian
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Jazz musicians name the chords by their modal names why?
Because in a major key the 7th chords built on each scale degree are in that mode. And it's easier than those complicated chordal names.
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A major 7th chord has what intervals, relative to the root?
major 3rd, perfect 5th, major 7th
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A Dorian, or -7, chord has what intervals, relative to the root?
minor 3rd, perfect 5th, minor 7th
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What are the many ways to notate a D minor 7th chord?
D-7, Dmin7, Dmi7, Dm7
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What are the many ways to notate a C major 7th chord?
C(triangle)7, C, Cmaj7, CM7.
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What other chords are used interchangeably with CM7?
C6 and C 9/6
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A Mixolydian, or Dominant 7th chord, is made out of what intervals, relative to the root?
major 3rd, perfect 5th, minor 7th
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What are the many ways to notate a G dominant 7th chord?
G7. Or V chord.
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What interval is the same in the II, V, and I chords?
The perfect 5th.
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Major 3rd and major 7th?
Major 7th
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Minor 3rd and minor 7th?
Minor 7th
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Major 3rd and minor 7th?
Dominant 7th
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What's II, V, I in the key of C?
D-7, G7, CM7
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What's II, V, I in the key of D?
E-7, A7, DM7
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What's II, V, I in the key of E?
F#-7, B7, EM7
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What's II, V, I in the key of F?
G-7, C7, FM7
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What's II, V, I in the key of G?
A-7, D7, GM7
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What's II, V, I in the key of A?
B-7, E7, AM7
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What's II, V, I in the key of B?
C#-7, F#7, BM7
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What's the first interval in Miles Davis's "Four"?
Ascending major 2nd
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What's the first interval in Cedar Walton's "Bolivia"?
Descending minor 2nd
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What's the first interval in Miles Davis's "Tune-up"
Descending major 2nd
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What famous tune starts with an ascending minor 2nd?
Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk"
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What is Jerome Kern's "All the things you are" a great example of?
Movement around the circle of 5ths.
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This piece 1939 piece from "Very Warm for May" is a good example of movement around the circle of 5ths.
Jerome Kern's (and Oscar Hammerstein - lyrics) "All the things you are"
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"Bird of Paradise" by Charlie Parker, "Prince Albert" by Kenny Dorham and "Boston Bernie" by Dexter Gordon all use the changes from what tune?
"All the things you are" by Jerome Kern.
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Keys in the circle of fifths, counterclockwise the way Jazz folks play them.
C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G
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What comes after A in the jazz circle of 5ths?
D
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What comes after Eb in the jazz circle of 5ths?
Ab
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What comes after C in the jazz circle of 5ths?
F
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What comes after Db in the jazz circle of 5ths?
Gb
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What comes after D in the jazz circle of 5ths?
G
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What comes after B in the jazz circle of 5ths?
E
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What comes after Bb in the jazz circle of 5ths?
Eb

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