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What is a turnaround in jazz?
In jazz, a turnaround is a passage at the end of a section which leads to the next section. ... The turnaround may lead back to this section either harmonically, as a chord progression, or melodically.
What is a guitar turnaround?
In the language of the blues, the term turnaround refers to a musical figure played over the I and V chords in the last two bars, setting up the form to repeat. ... (For that matter, many blues tunes open with a turnaround.)
What is a piano turnaround?
In music, turnarounds are short, usually 2 measure chord progressions; they happen at the end of a section of music, and naturally leads to the next section. It is usually a series of 4 or 5 chords or substitute chords, and ends on the dominant (or V7) of the next section.
