It is well known that American swing bands have a vocabulary of their own, Much of the conversation of hot jazz addicts is unintelligible to the ordinary American. This has been the more true in that swing musicians have made no attempt to spread a knowledge of their idiom, Up to now, they have been content to use the traditional Italian words on their musical scores. There are signs, however, that this state of affairs will not continue. Paul Whiteman, doyen of American jazz band leaders, gave the new custom his sanction in a recent radio talk. He said that, in future, jazz music scores will not use "fortissimo.
there will be printed "sock it" or "blast" For "scherzo" will appear "medium bounce," for "stack cate," "bite it off" or "whack it off") "Glissando," "smee "Ad lib," which traditionally told a soloist to go ahead and interpret a passage in his own way, will bow to "ride solo," "jam," "take off," "go out of the world," "go to town," "get in the groove," or "swing out" And, last of all, "con expression" will give way to "schmelz" or "schmalzando,"
I like "schmalzando." It suggests a compromise between the old and the new.
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