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  2. Vamp - Wikipedia

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    Vamp (firefighter), a slang term for a volunteer firefighter in the United States; Vamp Creek, a river in Manitoba, Canada; Vamp Building, a building in Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. Seattle Vamps, a women's ice hockey team; Vamp!, a light novel series by Ryōgo Narita

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)

  4. Ostinato - Wikipedia

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    The vamp gives the onstage singers time to prepare for the song or the next verse, without requiring the music to pause. Once the vamp section is over, the music continues to the next section. The vamp may be written by the composer of the song, a copyist employed by the publisher, or the arranger for the vocalist. [35]

  5. Jam session - Wikipedia

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    Bluegrass music jam at the Delafield Fish Hatchery in Delafield, Wisconsin on February 8, 2009.. A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp over tunes, drones, songs, and chord progressions.

  6. Talk:Vamp (music) - Wikipedia

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    A vamp is an arrangement that is played over and over, there is no A B A section just A, ie John Mclaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestra song "You Know You Know" off the 1971 album Inner Mounting Flame is a typical Vamp type song. Another example of a Vamp would be Miles Davis tune called ALL BLUES.

  7. Detroit Slang - AOL

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    Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.

  8. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    The term Black Twitter comprises a large network of Black users on the platform and their loosely coordinated interactions, many of which accumulate into trending topics due to its size ...

  9. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (song) - Wikipedia

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    The signature two-chord [a] piano vamp enters after the fade-in, cued by the dry rattle of a vibraslap. Verses are sparsely arranged with a slow deliberate pace in D minor, contrasting with double-time densely-layered pop choruses modulating to D major. The tune fades out with a dissonant, reverberating final chord sustained over the vamp.