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Theory of jazz harmony and

Scholars view jazz in the style of Western art music (read classical music – classical, but it is really the style for a certain period). All jazz harmony comes this tradition, while the rhythms come from Africa. Most of the jazz repertoire employs European harmonic progressions and forms. Jazz is a unique combination of these features with the European African rhythms, and the unique African-American style of flexion, the joints and vibrated. Collection step used only in jazz, which is unique in Western art music is the blues scale (C,-would be as follows: C, D #, F, F #, G, Bb, C), which is the result of fuse Afro-Americans and degrading and sliding pitches (this feature is also African music) at the top of tempered high / low tonal European system.

Since jazz has always been characterized by the convergence of the main features of the two cultures, and harmony comes from Europe, so it is misleading to describe something that the theory of jazz and jazz harmony. Even the 12 Bar Blues is made up of a European tonal chord progression (I, IV and V, but it can be dressed up with other European harmonies. Call it what you want is still very European harmony.

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