Jazz is an improvisational art grounded in the structures of melody, harmony and rhythm.
Sonny learned melody and harmony from Thelonious Monk, and Miles Davis was a regular playing partner.
He used the full kit to create a palette of melody and harmony and, of course, rhythm.
His ideas about melody, harmony and rhythm seemed to fall to earth out of nowhere, fitting into no particular school of thought.
The two musicians played as one, riffing off each other and producing a mesmerizing mix of sweet, gentle melody, pentatonic harmony and seductive rhythms.
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But through the mist of harmony and melody, the driving musical influences remain.
For example, music is made up of three components, melody, rhythm and harmony.
Harmony and Melody and Rhythm and Tempo are all components of a song, but they are not the same thing.
But it was on Manhattan's 52nd Street that Roach started experimenting with harmony and melody alongside Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.
Melody is first, harmony is second, and rhythm is actually third.
At first, Coleman struggled to find his own sound on the alto saxophone, but eventually developed his own formulas of composition, breaking down traditional definitions of harmony and melody.
You can experiment in harmony as well, keeping melody and rhythm relatively constant.
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