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  2. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    block chords. A style of piano playing, developed by Milt Buckner and George Shearing, with both hands "locked" together, playing chords in parallel with the melody, usually in fairly close position. It is a technical procedure requiring much practice, and can sound dated if the harmonies are not advanced enough. Also called "locked hands". blow

  3. Morning Star (carol) - Wikipedia

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    "Morning Star" is an American Moravian Church carol with text originating from a poem by Johannes Scheffler in 1657 and music composed by Francis F. Hagen in 1836. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] References

  4. One Morning in May (folk song) - Wikipedia

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    One Morning in May" (Roud 140, Laws P14) is an English folk song which has been collected from traditional singers in England and the USA and has also been recorded by revival singers. Through the use of double-entendre , at least in the English versions, it tells of an encounter between a grenadier (or soldier) and a lady.

  5. Chord notation - Wikipedia

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    In most genres of popular music, including jazz, pop, and rock, a chord name and its corresponding symbol typically indicate one or more of the following: the root note (e.g. C ♯) the chord quality (e.g. minor or lowercase m, or the symbols o or + for diminished and augmented chords, respectively; chord quality is usually omitted for major ...

  6. Musical gesture - Wikipedia

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    C major and G major chords. Layout of a musical keyboard (three octaves shown). In music, gesture is any movement, either physical (bodily) or mental (imaginary). As such "gesture" includes both categories of movements required to produce sound and categories of perceptual moves associated with those gestures.

  7. Tablature - Wikipedia

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    For chords, a letter above or below the tablature staff denotes the root note of the chord, chord notation is also usually relative to a capo, so chords played with a capo are transposed. Chords may also be notated with chord diagrams. Examples of guitar tablature notation: The chords E, F, and G as an ASCII tab:

  8. Shred guitar - Wikipedia

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    Les Paul's performance of "How High the Moon" contained sweep picking, one of the earliest recordings of the technique. Jimi Hendrix in 1967. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Jeff Beck further developed guitar techniques towards the end of the 1960s. Ritchie Blackmore, best known as the guitarist of Deep Purple and Rainbow, was an early shredder.

  9. Drunken Sailor - Wikipedia

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    Terry was one of few writers, however, to also state the shanty was used for heaving the windlass or capstan. [ 12 ] [ page needed ] In 1906, Percy Grainger recorded Charles Rosher of London, England, singing "What shall we do with a drunken sailor", and the recording is available online via the British Library Sound Archive . [ 13 ]