scatting

Speech parts

1. scatting - Noun

2. scatting - Verb

Derived from scat

Meaning

scatting

present participle of scat

scatting (usually uncountable, plural scattings)

scat singing

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Critical assessment Scat singing can allow jazz singers to have the same improvisational opportunities as jazz instrumentalists: scatting can be rhythmically and harmonically improvisational without concern about destroying the lyric. Source: Internet

Bands such as The Boswell Sisters regularly employed scatting on their records, including the high complexity of scatting at the same time, in harmony. Source: Internet

The comparison of the scatting styles of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan reveals that Fitzgerald's improvisation mimics the sounds of swing-era big bands with which she performed, while Vaughan's mimics that of her accompanying bop -era small combos. Source: Internet

Leo Watson, who performed before the canon of American popular music, frequently drew on nursery rhymes in his scatting. Source: Internet

The Big Book of Blues, Penguin Books, pg. 20, (2001); ISBN 0-14-100145-3 Ethel Waters sang '' Stormy Weather at the Cotton Club Betty Carter was known for her improvisational style and scatting. Source: Internet

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