Jazzy Jazz Quiz

Louis Armstrong switched from playing the conet to the...

• Saxophone

• Sousaphone

• Clarinet

• Trumpet

Armstrong popularized this type of vocal style that uses nonsense syllables...

• Country Twang

• Rap

• Opera

• Scat Singing

In jazz music, singing nonsense syllables in rhythm with the music is called:

• scat singing
• improvising
• solo
• a capella

Improvisation means:

• to tell a joke
• to make something from scratch
• to start again at the beginning
• to make it up as you go

What does it mean to scat? 

• Sing whatever you want whenever you want to
• Sing nonsense syllables to imitate instruments
• Pretend to play instruments

What instrument is a cornet most like? 

• Trumpet
• Clarinet
• Flute
• Trombone

What does improvisation mean? 

• Come up with it as you go
• Play without notation
• Both

What instrument did Louis Armstrong famously play?

• Trumpet
• Saxophone
• Drums
• Guitar

What instrument did Duke Ellington famously play?

• Trumpet
• Saxophone
• Piano
• Drums

What was Louis Armstrong's nickname?

• Satchmo
• Sasquatch
• King of Swing
• He didn't have a nickname