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  2. Ethio-jazz - Wikipedia

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    Ethiopian jazz, also referred to as Ethio-jazz, is a blend of traditional Ethiopian music with jazz, combining the pentatonic scale-based melodies of Amharic music with the 12-tone scale and instrumentation of western music. Over time the genre has grown to include elements from other genres such as afrofunk, soul, Armenian jazz, and Latin ...

  3. List of pieces that use the whole-tone scale - Wikipedia

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    "Nacht" from Seven Early Songs [8] Hector Berlioz. Francs-Juges Overture [9] Ferruccio Busoni. An die Jugend for piano, the right hand part of the "Preludietto, Fughetta ed Esercizio" is based on the whole tone scale. [10] Frédéric Chopin. Prelude No. 19, mm. 43–44, in the bass, "while the melody moves down chromatically" [11] Alexander ...

  4. Pentatonic scale - Wikipedia

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    A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to heptatonic scales, which have seven notes per octave (such as the major scale and minor scale). Pentatonic scales were developed independently by many ancient civilizations [ 2 ] and are still used in various musical styles to this day.

  5. Jazz scale - Wikipedia

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    In this nomenclature, minor is employed in the sense of relative key, as the diatonic A minor scale is the relative minor of the diatonic C major scale. Jazz improvisers, particularly bassist and guitarist, use these scales in a number of interesting ways. For example, over B ♭ maj 7 ♯ 11, one can use a major pentatonic based on the 2nd ...

  6. Jazz improvisation - Wikipedia

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    The major pentatonic scale comprises only five notes of the major scale (C pentatonic scale is C D E G A), whereas the minor pentatonic scale comprises the five notes (C E ♭ F G B ♭). Pentatonics are useful in pattern form and that is how they are usually played. One pattern using the pentatonic scale could be 3 6 5 2 3 5 (in C: E A G D E G).

  7. Ragtime progression - Wikipedia

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    [6] (major pentatonic on C: C, D, E, G, A) Contrastingly, Averill argues that the progression was used because of the potential it offered for chromatic pitch areas. [ 13 ] Variations include the addition of minor seventh chords before the dominant seventh chords , creating overlapping temporary ii–V–I relationships [ 14 ] through ii–V ...

  8. List of jazz standards - Wikipedia

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    For a looser, more comprehensive A-Z list of jazz standards and tunes which have been covered by multiple artists, see the List of jazz tunes Index of articles associated with the same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).

  9. Tone cluster - Wikipedia

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    Tone clusters...on the piano [are] whole scales of tones used as chords, or at least three contiguous tones along a scale being used as a chord. And, at times, if these chords exceed the number of tones that you have fingers on your hand, it may be necessary to play these either with the flat of the hand or sometimes with the full forearm.