In music, syncopation involves a variety of rhythms which are in

some way unexpected which make part or all of a tune or piece of

music off-beat.

In jazz, a walking bass usually moves by steps played on bass or

piano, with each note usually having the duration of a quarter note.

In vocal jazz, ________ ________ is vocal improvisation with

wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. In
_________ ________, the singer improvises melodies and rhythms
using the voice as an instrument rather than a speaking medium.
 The ____________ consists of 6 different notes. They are the 5
notes of the minor pentatonic scale, plus one additional note. The
note added is the diminished 5th (o5) measured from the scale
tonic. In relation to the Major scale the notes of the Blues scale
are : 1 - b3 - 4 - b5 - 5 - b7 - 1.

An abbreviation of accompanying - the chords, rhythms, and

countermelodies that keyboard players (piano or organ), guitar
players, or drummers use to support a jazz musician's improvised
solo or melody lines. It is also the action of accompanying, and the
left-hand part of a solo pianist.
A continuous slide upward or downward between two notes.