Prepositions…

…show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence. What does that mean?

The sound of a jazz band filled the kitchen. The music was coming from a radio.

Compound prepositions

A preposition can consist of more than one word. Then it is called a compound preposition.

according to aside from because of by means of in addition to in front of

in place of in spite of instead of on account of out of prior to

Jazz legend Louis Armstrong sang in addition to playing the trumpet. When jazz singers perform in a style known as scatting, they sing nonsense syllables such as “ba skoodily do” instead of words.

Prepositional Phrases

…consist of a preposition and its object, and any modifiers of the object. The object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun that follows a preposition.

Many early jazz bands played in New Orleans. The sound came from a radio. Musicians traveled to other large cities. During the 1920s, jazz swept the country. We listened to a solo by Louis Armstrong.

Jazz is a modern form of music.

Many musical styles contributed to its birth.

Among these influences are gospel and the blues.

Rhythms from West Africa are also part of jazz’s heritage.

In New Orleans, jazz was often played at funerals.

During the early years of the 20th century, jazz became popular as

entertainment.

People loved the new music because of its bold and innovative

sound.

Jazz is unique in its use of syncopation and improvisation.

Syncopation means the shifting of rhythmic accents within a song or

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In an improvisation, a musician plays notes of his or her own invention.

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Conjunctions

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Three types

conjunctions connect words or groups of words of equal importance.

conjunctions are word pairs that serve to join words or groups of words.

conjunctions introduce subordinate clauses and join them to independent clauses.

The face of the music industry changed when cable television came

along and began running music videos twenty-four hours a day.

At first, many people predicted that the idea would fail.

Either an all-video station would not attract enough viewers, or the

producers would never find enough programming to fill all the airtime, they

said.

These predictions seemed reasonable, but the skeptics turned

out to be wrong.

Singers and bands began to make more and more videos;

consequently, viewers tuned in to watch.

Later, while music videos became a major form of entertainment, some critics began to find fault with them.

According to critics, performers were creating works that were not

only visually but also musically insubstantial.

There is some truth to the criticism that many videos are slick and

unimaginative; however, there are plenty that are truly striking and

innovative.

It’s been roughly thirty years since videos first appeared.

Whether you give them a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down, you must admit that they changed the way

music is marketed.

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