Meaning of routiner | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A jazz musician who plays by ear (i.e. not using sheet music, but rather following along with the band and memorizing music when needed).
2. A device used to automatically activate and cycle the settings of electronic equipment for testing purposes.

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Examples

“Around the turn⟳ of the century, however, "routiner" or "head" music and "ear" musicians began to appear⟳ at parades. This was music more exclusively rooted in black traditions, played by men who often could not read⟳ music but who instead improvised.”

“Tom Albert, present⟳ during this interview, stated that Vincent was at first a routiner (i.e., playing by rote or ear) [...]”

“It seemed to the uptown routiners that aurality had its own⟳ set⟳ of advantages, and in the absence of strong evidence to the contrary it is hard to argue⟳ against them.”

“The rougher bands, like⟳ Kid Ory's or Frankie Dusen's Eagle Band, thrived; they were the “routiners,” the improvisers who worked from their ear rather than reading music.”

“In preparing for the test⟳, it is only necessary to connect⟳ the routiner to a test⟳ distributor by operating a key.”

“Two interface lines are needed for the diagnostic routiner to communicate with the CU.”

“We usually let⟳ the routiner run⟳ overnight, when the exchange⟳ switches were lightly used, and thus mostly free for testing.”

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