By Jan Waring
 Popularly known as club music, Acid jazz music combines jazz influences with elements of soul music, funk and disco.
Creating Acid Jazz Music
Acid jazz music developed in the 1980s and 1990s. It was intended for clubbers who love to dance and who also enjoy tuneful jazz. Its catchy melodies make anyone get up and onto the dance floor.
Gilles Peterson is largely credited for the acid jazz invention. When a fellow DJ made him listen to an acid house mix, he compared the changes he had brought to jazz with the changes in the house music and named his creation acid jazz music.
Acid jazz music caught on very quickly in the United States and soon went international to the UK and other parts of Europe. Known artists who have contributed in making acid jazz music a success include Galliano, Incognito, Jazzanova and the James Taylor Quartet.
Jazz Music Therapy
All music can be therapeutic. Depending on the beat and rhythm of the music it can relax, improve ones mood or even cure some diseases. |
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By Sayid Aksa
 The 20th century music world has seen the entry of light and easy listening music with African-American jazz music. Originating in southern USA, jazz music is a combination of African and European music traditions. It puts together the use of blue notes, improvisation, syncopation and swing notes.
Jazz music was first used in reference to music from Chicago early in the 20th century. It has evolved in several other subgenres such as New Orleans Dixieland, big band-style swing, bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz, Brazilian jazz, jazz-rock fusion, and the more recent acid jazz.
The realm of jazz music was and still is predominantly associated with the American black community. These black musicians transitioning from banjos and tambourines learned to play European instruments such as the violin. Black slaves from early America used to sing and play music as a form of spiritual or ritualistic hymns.
After emancipation, employment opportunities for black slaves were very limited as segregation laws were still in force. Most of these black slaves found themselves in the entertainment industry as piano players and instrumentalists. They became low-cost entertainers as |
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By Jan Waring
 Jazz guitar sheet music reflects the composers composition by reflecting the musical notation, rhythms and rests. Generally, all musicians, with the exception of the soloist, follow sheet music that reflects their particular musical discipline.
The jazz guitar is a stringed instrument on which chords, as well as melody lines, are played. In jazz, guitars generally accompany the melody instruments such as trumpets, saxophones and trombones. The resulting blend of the guitar and melody instruments creates the harmony of the musical piece.
The fact that jazz provides opportunities for improvisation distinguishes it from other musical genres. However, even in jazz music, sheet music is necessary to indicate melodies, chord changes and arrangements.
Simultaneity
A melody within the composition is the refrain that generally is repeated throughout the entire song. This series of notes threads its way through the entire musical composition and generally lingers in the hearers mind. Simultaneity simply means that the chords are played at the same time that the melody is played. For the jazz guitarist, sheet |
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