jazz tune

collocation in English

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jazz
noun[U]
uk
/dʒæz/us
/dʒæz/
a type of modern music originally developed by African-Americans, with a rhythm in which the strong notes often come before the beat. Jazz is usually improvised (= invented as it ...
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tune
noun
uk
/tʃuːn/us
/tuːn/
a series of musical notes, especially one that is pleasant and easy ...
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(Definition ofjazzandtunefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am not in the least concerned with a dance tune, ajazztuneor anything of that sort.
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He played it and ajazztuneplayed about "a lover who got away".
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For example, the lead sheet for ajazztunemay only indicate the melody and the chord changes.
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Jazz comping instruments (piano, guitar, organ, vibes) often use chord substitution to add harmonic interest to ajazztunewith slow harmonic change.
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His arrangements of popular and jazz tunes for full orchestra have been widely performed.
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The music library contains marches, sacred arrangements, popular music, jazz tunes, movie themes, and classical transcriptions.
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A prolific composer with works in all media, he has over 450 compositions and 40 jazz tunes.
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Its chord progression, known as the rhythm changes, is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes.
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The title and options screens, and the first stages, feature smooth jazz tunes.
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The album is a unique juxtaposition of modern and traditional jazz tunes with stylistic cues drawn from both worlds.
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Some of the tunes were not what you'd call jazz tunes, but for the most part that was like a jazz record.
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In public presentations, he often includes links to jazz theory in his speech or performs short jazz tunes with his band.
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The related jazz tunes are contrafact's or borrowed chord progressions where new melodies are overlaid on an existing harmonic structure.
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While loosely inspired by bebop, free jazz tunes gave players much more latitude; the loose harmony and tempo was deemed controversial when this approach was first developed.
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