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Outside (jazz)

In jazz improvisation, outside playing describes approaches where one plays over a scale, mode or chord that is harmonically distant from the given chord. There are several common techniques to playing outside, that include side-stepping or side-slipping, superimposition of Coltrane changes, and polytonality.

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ScaleHeptatonic scalesIi–V
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JazzImprovisationChordColtrane changesPolytonality
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Outside (jazz)

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Avg. degree1.85
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outside playing jazz improvisation polytonality side-slipping term scale chord given used tension commonly rhythmic also one plays distant several side-stepping

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free improvisationinstance ofoutside is not a direct synonym to terms0.80text
polytonality or atonality but a musical phenomenon in its own rightinstance ofoutside is not a direct synonym to terms0.80text

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