What is a vamp (apart from the word often used in movies to picture a gorgeous and dangerous woman).
Please use simple words (language barrier and who knows other barriers too.....haha)
Raymond
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Vamp - I don't understand this term
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Vamp - I don't understand this term
by Raymond Robijns » Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:46 pm
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Re: Vamp - I don't understand this term
by thorrild » Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:25 pm
Raymond,
This is from the Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music:
Vamp. A verb meaning to extemporize the simple accompaniment to a vocal or instrumental solo. In popular music the instruction 'vamp till ready' indicates that a simple short passage is to be reeated by the accompanist until the soloist is ready to begin.
Does that help, or is the language too complicated?
Best,
Thorrild
This is from the Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music:
Vamp. A verb meaning to extemporize the simple accompaniment to a vocal or instrumental solo. In popular music the instruction 'vamp till ready' indicates that a simple short passage is to be reeated by the accompanist until the soloist is ready to begin.
Does that help, or is the language too complicated?
Best,
Thorrild
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Re: Vamp - I don't understand this term
by thorrild » Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:26 pm
...and that word should have been "repeated"!
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Re: Vamp - I don't understand this term
by Raymond Robijns » Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:28 pm
thorrild wrote:...and that word should have been "repeated"!
Why? Isn't it all chewing the same notes all over again until time to swallow and go on? Understood, thanks.
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