The ability to play more than one instrument.

A repeated two- or three-chord pattern on the piano played behind the coro and instrumental solos (Latin).

A general term for meter, but also the way in which drummers play meter.

The most common popular song form. *

Sung without instrumental accompaniment.

A note or tone that is given stress by volume or attack.

Music for dancing, first heard in the 1980s, that combines elements of soul jazz, funk, and hip hop, and mixes acoustic and electric instruments. (See also groove and club jazz.)

Also "ad libitum." A notation on written music that gives the performer freedom to vary the notes or tempo; in jazz it typically means to improvise freely.

A musical radio broadcast that was originally recorded for distribution to other stations; radio broadcasts that people have recorded off the radio that are sometimes released commercially or bootlegg [..]

The last chorus (in older jazz), often louder and more vigorous than the rest, and played by the ensemble.