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JAZZ
Jazz originated in African American
communities in the southern U.S.
*Early 1900s 1920s
Ragtime was the first form of jazz
musicians wrote and performed their own
music to make money
Ex. Scott Joplin “The Entertainer” or “Maple
Leaf Rag”
New Orleans was the center for jazz
Duke Ellington most famous jazz swing
composer
Rhythm: jazz uses rhythms that are swung:
this means that they occur off the beat and
are not symmetrical
Improvisation: this is when musicians
make up music as they go along; improv is
not written down and a musician must
make it up on the spot as they play