Keith Jarrett – some words and notes

Lexis
genre – formal noun – a style or category especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics, eg in a particular musical / literary / artistic genre
a stretch – noun – a period of time
a jazz standard = a widely-known piece of jazz music

 

Did you get the punctuation of the word below correct?

whose – because it means ‘of whom’

 

Did you get the spelling of the word below correct?

recognisable

 

Did you notice the pronunciation of these words?

live – adj – when it means ‘ given as a concert, show or performance’ or ‘broadcast as it is happening’.
publicly
development
previous
coherent

 

Did you notice where the stress lies in these words?

performances
improvised
unrehearsed
self-indulgent
practically
influenced
previous
recognisable

 

Did you notice the hyphen in the following words:

self-indulgent
best-known
highest-selling

 

Numbers!

3 million – there’s that singular ‘million‘ again!

 

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