AABA: the general outline of classic Great American Songbook tunes. In the Blues, it can be AAB.
Bass / In the bass: in the left hand.
Borrowed: notes from a diminished chord to its 6 chord & vice versa (in a scale of chords).
Bridge: in the general structure of most Great American Songbook tunes (AABA), the bridge is the B.
Bebop: A style of playing traditional Jazz with fast tempos and advanced improvisational techniques.
C7: C dominant 7 chord.
Ch / chs: chord/s.
Dim: fully dim 7 chord OR dim note.
Dom: dominant.
Drop-voicing: dropping fingers #2 or #3 (counting from right to left) notes of a chord in the RH and moving them to the LH.
Ex.: extra-note.
Fam: diminished family (relating to the diminished chord of origin)
Harmonic pattern: a progression of scales/chords/notes with deep harmonic logic.
Jazz: Duke Elington once said that Jazz is a provocative subject. As described in the first chapter of this book — the original forms of Jazz have been widely misinterpreted. The term Jazz in this book is accompanied by the words true, traditional, or real — to indicate a preference for the original interpretations of musicians such as: Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Hank Jones and Barry Harris. Another term that suggests adherence to the original Jazz is Jazz Standards, which refers to the Standards of playing Great American Songbook tunes. The term Bebop describes a major trend and improvisational style within real Jazz.
Key of the tune: the main tonal center.
Line: a melodic sequence.
m: minor.
M: major.
m7𝄬5: minor 7 flat 5 chord.
Movement: a harmonically smooth transition that takes you from one place to another in the tune.
Moves: 1) Progressions, chords, and transitions that take you from one place to another in tunes. 2) A more loosely defined word describing beautiful patterns and improvisation styles.
Regular #s: used for single notes, chords and scales.
Resolve: moving back to original chord/scale/harmonic structure.
RH/LH: right hand/left hand.
Root: the note that gives a chord its name.
Run: an improvised sequence of notes.
Roman #s: are for harmonic structures and moves (lowercase = minor).
Scale outline: The broadest scale structure of a musical piece.
S-O-C: scale of chords.
Sc/scs: scale/s.
Tonic: is the tonal center = home = the I = the note that gives the scale its name.
3rd of F (or 5th of B…): the diatonic chord or note on the 3rd scale degree of F scale.
Voicings: the choice of LH shell voicings and RH chords, inversions, and drop-voicings.
(1): 1st inversion, (2): 2nd inversion.