What is Jazz?

1) What words best describe jazz music?

• Ordinary

• Straight eighths

• Planned ahead

• Swing

Where did jazz originally come from?

• New Orleans, LA

• New York, NY

• Los Angeles, CA

• London, England

Where did the people of New Orleans come from?

• America (native), England, and France

• Africa, Mexico, and the Caribbean

• Italy and Germany

• All of the above (a “diverse melting pot”)

Which musical traditions were mixed to create jazz?

• Ragtime, marches, and blues

• Classical and ragtime

• Marches and pop

• Madrigals and classical

What technology helped jazz to spread around the globe and become more popular?

• Musical instrument manufacturing

• Recording

• Transportation

• Computer

How do musicians improvise music when performing jazz?

• Write it down first

• Play wrong notes

• Close their eyes and hope for the best

• Make it up as they go along

What is “swing” in jazz music?

• Straight eighth notes and emphasize beat 1 and 3

• Eighth notes with a “triplet” subdivision and emphasize beat 1 and 3

• Straight eighth notes and emphasize beat 2 and 4

• Eighth notes with a “triplet” subdivision and emphasize beat 2 and 4

How are the notes jazz musicians play different than in other styles before it?

• Jazz uses “blue” notes, bends, and slides

• Jazz uses “green” notes, bends, and slides

• Jazz uses “blue” notes and stays steady

• Jazz uses only major scales and stays steady

Which of the following are often found in jazz?

• Limited range of emotion and one melody line

• Full range of emotion and “call-and-response”

• Limited range of emotion and “call-and-response”

• Full range of emotion and one melody line

What are some of the main styles of jazz?

• Traditional (New Orleans)

• Swing, Bebop, Modern

• Free, Fusion, Smooth

• All of the above