Shake

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Brass players rapidly oscillate upward to the next highest note in the overtone series, or sometimes to a wider interval for a more dramatic effect.

Saxophone and woodwind players trill to the next highest diatonic or chromatic note.

References

"Arranging for Large Jazz Ensemble" by Dick Lowell and Ken Pullig, Berklee Press, Boston, 2003, page 9

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