Turnaround (music)
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In jazz, a turnaround is a passage at the end of a section which leads to the next section. This next section is most often the repetition of the previous section or the entire piece or song. [1]
The turnaround may lead back to this section either harmonically, as a chord progression, or melodically.
Typical turnarounds are:
- vi - ii - V - (I)
- V/ii - ii - V - (I)
- bIIIo7 - ii - V - (I)
- vi - bVI7#11 - V - (I)
When used in a twelve bar blues pattern, the twelfth bar may end on the dominant [1] rather than the more conventional tonic.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Randel, Don Michael (2002). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. ISBN 0-674-00978-9. p.693
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