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Maria D Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Jimation?

Hello! Could you help me, please?

One my student asked me "what is "jimation"?" Could you explain me, please, the meaning of this word?

Thank you!
  

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Often students mishear or misspell words. Ask him for some context. Clive

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Often students mishear or misspell words. Ask him for some context.

Clive
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He said it might be JAMation.Emotion: thinking I still have no idea what it is
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As I said, ask him for some context. Where did he see or hear it? What was being talked about?
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He said he often met this word when it concerned music or music festivals. I guess, he meant this context:

"JAMation is a ‘jazz-flavoured’ performance piece suitable for instrumentalists of a certain standard (around Grade V), and in any combination (big band, symphony orchestra, rock band, piano duet, etc.).

Essentially, JAMation is a collection of musical ‘strands’ that can be
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So it's a name, ie a proper noun.
Names can be just invented.

The term 'jam' refers to how musicians play in a spontaneous manner, with lots of improvisation.
eg They are having a jam session.

Clive
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