Music A-Level
Solo improvisation
What Solo improvisation means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Solo improvisation
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Individual solo performances that shifted jazz focus away from collective polyphonic improvisation.
Topics that use Solo improvisation
- Area of study 5: Jazz - Named artists (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Big Band Orchestration
- Extended Forms
- Genre fusion
- Harmonic innovation
- Harmonic Substitution and Contrafacts
- Modal jazz
- The 'Ellington Effect'
- Advanced rhythmic and harmonic structures
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