Vamp - I don't understand this term
Posted:
Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:46 pmby Raymond Robijns
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
Re: Vamp - I don't understand this term
Posted:
Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:25 pmby thorrild
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
Re: Vamp - I don't understand this term
Posted:
Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:26 pmby thorrild
...and that word should have been "repeated"!
Re: Vamp - I don't understand this term
Posted:
Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:28 pmby Raymond Robijns
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.
Raymond