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head arrangement

noun

, Jazz, Popular Music.
  1. a roughly outlined musical arrangement that is played from memory and is often learned by ear.


head arrangement

noun

  1. jazz a spontaneous orchestration
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of head arrangement1

First recorded in 1945–50

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