Music A-Level
The 'Ellington Effect'
What The 'Ellington Effect' means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of The 'Ellington Effect'
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Reference: AQA
Parts written for the specific timbres and playing styles of individual band members, tailoring the writing to their strengths.
Topics that use The 'Ellington Effect'
- 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
- Advanced rhythmic and harmonic structures
- Bebop Characteristics
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