Jazz Test

What is the definition of Jazz?

• A type of music that uses syncopation and improvisation.

• Music that only uses saxophones.

• A type of music that has heavy guitar.

• Not this one

Syncopation is when the

• music stops suddenly

• music gradually gets louder

• music emphasizes the off beats

• music is on the beat only

T or F: Call and response is when one instrument/voice plays the melody and then the ensemble plays it back to them.

• True

• False

Jazz was born in what region of the US?

• New York

• Mississippi Delta

• California

• South Carolina

Dixie Land Jazz comes from what city?

• New Orleans

• New York

• Chicago

• Kansas City

Ragtime is a style of music for which instrument?

• Clarinet

• Tuba

• Piano

• Guitar

Scat Singing is

• Improvised jazz singing where the voice imitates an instrument

• When you spit on someone while singing

• A saxophone imitating a voice

• Not this one

Big bands were popular in which type of Jazz music?

• Bebop

• Early Jazz

• Dixie Land

• Swing

What was the leader of the Big Band called?

• Conductor

• Head Musician

• Band Leader

• Smarty McSmart Pants

When was swing jazz popular?

• 1880-1910

• 1920-1935

• 1980-2000

• 1965-1985