leadsheet
Song's bare bones
A leadsheet is a simplified musical score showing only the melody line, lyrics, and chord symbols—the essential elements a musician needs to interpret a song.
Jazz and pop musicians use leadsheets to play standards without full arrangements: The band worked from leadsheets at the jam session.
Also written as two words: lead sheet.
Organization's workers collectively
Accepted levels of quality
Agreement or musical blend
- progressionSequential forward movement
- seventhOrdinal for seven
- majorOf chief importance
- minorScale with lowered third
diminished · augmented · suspended · voicing · tonic · subdominant · dominant · root
Performance by one
- ad-libUnscripted speech or remark
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- variationChange from a norm
- phrasingManner of expressing something
riffing · comping · spontaneity · embellishment · fills · blowing · chorus · changes
staff
Organization's workers collectively
standards
Accepted levels of quality
modal · chart · changes · turnaround · vamp · intro · outro · tag
harmony
Agreement or musical blend
- progressionSequential forward movement
- seventhOrdinal for seven
- majorOf chief importance
minor · diminished · augmented · suspended · voicing · tonic · subdominant · dominant · root · extension
solo
Performance by one
- ad-libUnscripted speech or remark
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- variationChange from a norm
phrasing · riffing · comping · spontaneity · embellishment · fills · blowing · chorus · changes · reharmonization
head
Uppermost body part
motif · contour · lyrics · hook · bridge · verse · chorus · syncopation · pickup