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modal jazz

modal jazz noun: a genre of jazz that uses chord progressions as a harmonic framework.

Noun

modal jazz (uncountable)

  1. (jazz) A genre of jazz that uses chord progressions as a harmonic framework.

Questions about modal jazz

What does modal jazz mean?
Modal jazz means a genre of jazz that uses chord progressions as a harmonic framework.
What part of speech is modal jazz?
Modal jazz is a noun.

Words near modal jazz in the dictionary

  1. modal auxiliary
  2. modal case
  3. modal cases
  4. modal filter
  5. modal filters
  6. modal jazz
  7. modal logic
  8. modal logics
  9. modal particle
  10. modal particles
  11. modal scale

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