Lick (music), the Glossary
In popular music genres such as country, blues, jazz or rock music, a lick is "a stock pattern or phrase" consisting of a short series of notes used in solos and melodic lines and accompaniment.[1]
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29 relations: Accompaniment, Blues, Break (music), Chord (music), Chord progression, Classical music, Country music, Fill (music), Hook (music), Imitation (music), Jazz, Jazz band, Latin jazz, McGraw Hill Education, Melodic pattern, Melody, Modal jazz, Music, Musical note, Ostinato, Phrase (music), Popular music, Riff, Rock and roll, Rock music, Scale (music), Solo (music), The Lick, Variation (music).
Accompaniment
Accompaniment is the musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece.
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Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Lick (music) and Blues are jazz terminology and popular music.
Break (music)
In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece. Lick (music) and break (music) are jazz terminology and musical techniques.
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Chord (music)
In music, a chord is a group of two or more notes played simultaneously, typically consisting of a root note, a third, and a fifth.
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Chord progression
In a musical composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural) is a succession of chords. Lick (music) and chord progression are jazz terminology.
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Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
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Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest. Lick (music) and country music are popular music.
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Fill (music)
|width. Lick (music) and Fill (music) are musical techniques.
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Hook (music)
A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener." The term generally applies to popular music, especially rock, R&B, hip hop, dance, and pop. Lick (music) and hook (music) are musical techniques.
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Imitation (music)
In music, imitation is the repetition of a melody in a polyphonic texture shortly after its first appearance in a different voice.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. Lick (music) and Jazz are jazz terminology and popular music.
Jazz band
A jazz band (jazz ensemble or jazz combo) is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music.
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Latin jazz
Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms.
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McGraw Hill Education
McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.
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Melodic pattern
In music and jazz improvisation, a melodic pattern (or motive) is a cell or germ serving as the basis for repetitive pattern.
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Melody
A melody, also tune, voice or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.
Modal jazz
Modal jazz is jazz that makes use of musical modes, often modulating among them to accompany the chords instead of relying on one tonal center used across the piece.
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Music
Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content.
Musical note
In music, notes are distinct and isolatable sounds that act as the most basic building blocks for nearly all of music.
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Ostinato
In music, an ostinato (derived from the Italian word for stubborn, compare English obstinate) is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch.
Phrase (music)
In music theory, a phrase (φράση) is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, built from figures, motifs, and cells, and combining to form melodies, periods and larger sections.
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Popular music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.
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Riff
A riff is a short, repeated motif or figure in the melody or accompaniment of a musical composition.
Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Lick (music) and rock and roll are popular music.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. Lick (music) and Rock music are popular music.
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Scale (music)
In music theory, a scale is "any consecutive series of notes that form a progression between one note and its octave", typically by order of pitch or fundamental frequency.
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Solo (music)
In music, a solo (alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung featuring a single performer, who may be performing completely alone or supported by an accompanying instrument such as a piano or organ, a continuo group (in Baroque music), or the rest of a choir, orchestra, band, or other ensemble.
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The Lick
The Lick is a lick (a stock musical phrase) that has been used on numerous jazz and pop records and is part of several classical compositions, to the point that it has been described as "the most famous jazz cliché ever".
Variation (music)
In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_(music)
Also known as Guitar lick.