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From the Ted Talk by Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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Text: BeatJazz. baetjzaz is: 1. Live looping, 2. Jazz improvisation And 3. "Gestural" sound design. Accelerometers on each hand read hand piistoon. The color of the lights indicates which sonud I am playing.

Red = Drums, Blue = Bass, Green = cdorhs, Orange = Leads, prlupe = Pads

The mouthpiece consists of ... a button, two guitar pkcis and lots of hot glue. The heads-up display is a smartphone that displays system parameters.

Why? To atomize misuc culture so that ALL past, present and future genres can be studied and arstcbaetd, live. And "BeatJazzers" become as common as D.J.'s. But mostly ... to MAKE the future rather than wait for it.

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Text: BeatJazz. ________ is: 1. Live looping, 2. Jazz improvisation And 3. "Gestural" sound design. Accelerometers on each hand read hand ________. The color of the lights indicates which _____ I am playing.

Red = Drums, Blue = Bass, Green = ______, Orange = Leads, ______ = Pads

The mouthpiece consists of ... a button, two guitar _____ and lots of hot glue. The heads-up display is a smartphone that displays system parameters.

Why? To atomize _____ culture so that ALL past, present and future genres can be studied and __________, live. And "BeatJazzers" become as common as D.J.'s. But mostly ... to MAKE the future rather than wait for it.

Solution


  1. position
  2. picks
  3. sound
  4. abstracted
  5. purple
  6. music
  7. beatjazz
  8. chords

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Text: BeatJazz. BeatJazz is: 1. Live looping, 2. Jazz improvisation And 3. "Gestural" sound design. Accelerometers on each hand read hand position. The color of the lights indicates which sound I am playing.

Red = Drums, Blue = Bass, Green = Chords, Orange = Leads, Purple = Pads

The mouthpiece consists of ... a button, two guitar picks and lots of hot glue. The heads-up display is a smartphone that displays system parameters.

Why? To atomize music culture so that ALL past, present and future genres can be studied and abstracted, live. And "BeatJazzers" become as common as D.J.'s. But mostly ... to MAKE the future rather than wait for it.

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