jazz solo
Unaccompanied melodic improvisation
A jazz solo is an improvised passage performed by a single musician within a piece, typically over a repeating chord progression while other players accompany.
Solos are central to jazz performance, showcasing individual creativity and technical skill: She took a two-chorus solo on the saxophone.
Musicians may trade solos or take turns soloing throughout a tune.
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- riffRepeated musical phrase
lick · chord changes · swing · blues · blue note · melody · syncopation · scatting · virtuoso · killing it · going off · chord · bridge · breakdown · Coltrane · Miles · freestyle · jam
- instrumentalsconcerto, sonata, overture, symphony, concertos
- movement artscontemporary dance, modern dance, interpretive dance, creative movement, street dance
- trombone solosimprovisation
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib
- soloscadenza, aria, unaccompanied
- keyboard playingfinger technique, hand position, legato, staccato, arpeggios