1. Parallel – position where feet and legs face forward 2. Passe - movement in which the working leg passes the supporting leg‚ sliding close to the knee. 3. Demi Plie -A basic step in ballet; a smooth‚ slightly and graceful bending of the knees 4. Grande Plie -A basic step in ballet; a smooth‚ graceful bending of the knees; almost in seated position. 5. Releve -In ballet‚ a rising with a spring movement to point or demi-point 6. Flatback –stretch position in which the spine is parallel to
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began during these times and people had begun to gain a bigger appreciation for music and theatre. During the time period of the Harlem Renaissance‚ jazz became the most popular genre of music. Due to the Great Migration‚ after many Blacks moved North and gained more freedom‚ they shared their culture among the rest of the Americans. During these times‚ jazz music made its way into the hearts and souls of thousands and changed America and its arts forever. Huge advancements in the music industry came
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become the instruments used to create jazz which is how the two were related. 3. Buddy Bolden helped create Classic Jazz. Bolden led a band in New Orleans from about 1895 to 1906‚ its hard to tell what their music was like because there’s norecordings only stories. 4. Bebop had faster rhythms and more complex harmonies. The music also has more frequent chord changes‚ often after only a beat or two‚ and greater dissonance. 5. Hot jazz is a form of jazz with a lot of improvisation. One of the
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seventh chords are found in pop‚ jazz‚ blues‚ and R&B music. Jazz musicians also improvise over a harmonic progression‚ known as changes which are a series of chords played in a strict rhythmic sequence. Composers also arrange triads into patterns called progressions. At the main points in the melody‚ the triads give the song a sense of forward movement ("progression"). Composers traditionally wrote progressions using only three or four different triads. However the jazz musicians of the "Bebop Era"
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have influence jazz music over the years. Although we may not realize it‚ he had the most influence in the jazz world during his time and is well known today for the changes that he made to the jazz world many years ago. First is the impact that he had on the way jazz music was played. Louis Armstrong began revolutionizing the sound of jazz music in the 1920s when he introduced the “extended solo” to jazz music. Before Armstrong introduced this idea to the jazz world‚ most jazz music was only played
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Renaissance was a cultural‚ artistic‚ and social period of creation and new modes of thought. Jazz‚ a new type of music swept the streets of New York City in the 1920’s. Every jazz artist has taken the style and made it their own over the years and added onto the legacy of what jazz is. Today‚ jazz is not only still its own popular entity‚ but nearly all modern music can trace some part of itself back to jazz. Ninety percent of the African-American Population lived in the south after the Civil War
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Jim McNeely was born in Chicago‚ and moved to New York City in 1975. In 1978 he joined the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. He spent six years as a featured soloist with that band and its successor‚ Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (now The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra). 1981 saw the beginning of Jim’s 4-year tenure as pianist/composer with the Stan Getz Quartet. From 1990 until 1995 he held the piano chair in the Phil Woods Quintet. At the present time‚ he leads his own tentet‚ his own trio
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influenced many trends‚ examples being: jazz music and dance. Jazz music originated mainly in New Orleans‚ and is a blend of African and European music. And even though older generations considered the music corrupt and threatening to old cultural values‚ this music and dance style became very well known. Throughout the Prohibition this dance style and type of music spread throughout the world‚ reaching places such as Germany. During the Weimar Republic‚ jazz seized Germany and soon after became an
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KEN BURNS: JAZZ What is Jazz? Jazz is one of the few arts that will be considered truly American. Founded primarily in the south during the 1800’s‚ this form of music was the first significant African American contribution that would be heard all around the world. Its constantly changing nature and loose rules allow it to be flexible and therefore‚ viable to audiences of all ages. Why is it unique to the American experience? Jazz is one of the few arts that will be considered truly American.
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African American literature includes spirituals ‚ gospels ‚ work songs ‚ the Blues ‚ jazz ‚ and basically just songs or stories in general that ties back to African American culture . All vernacular genres have different stories to tell as well ‚ however ‚ they all precipitate a vision or message that is being sung or told . The two genres that I would like to bring up are jazz and hip hop . Many people think that jazz and hip hop are almost identical to each other ‚ which is why it would be hard to
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