ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Tadd Dameron turnaround

Hello there! Today we're going to talk about something called a "Tadd Dameron Turnaround." Now, that might sound like a big, grown-up word, but I'm going to explain it to you as if you're only five years old, so don't worry!

First off, do you know what a "turnaround" is? It's a part of a piece of music where the chords change and it signals the end of a section. So when a musician sees the turnaround, they know it's time to move on to the next part of the song.

Now, Tadd Dameron was a really talented jazz musician who lived a long time ago. He was known for writing some really interesting and unique music. One thing that made his music special was the way he used turnarounds.

Instead of just having a simple chord progression for the turnaround, Tadd Dameron wrote really complex and cool-sounding changes that caught people's attention. His turnarounds were unexpected and made the listener think, "Wow, that's cool! I didn't expect that!"

Musicians who play jazz still study Tadd Dameron's music today, because his turnarounds were so unique and interesting. They like to learn from his music and try to come up with their own cool ideas for turnarounds.

So, in short, a Tadd Dameron Turnaround is a really clever and interesting change in the chords of a jazz song that's named after a talented musician named Tadd Dameron. If you ever hear someone talking about a Tadd Dameron Turnaround, now you know what they mean!