Jazz Pre-Test - Part 1

Where did Jazz begin

• Africa

• Europe

• The United States

• Japan

In what city did Jazz first appear

• New York

• Chicago

• Kansas City

• New Orleans

Which of the following did NOT eventually lead to the creation of jazz?

• slave work songs

• spirituals

• blues

• rock

Who were the primary creators of Jazz?

• Amricans

• Europeans

• African Americans

• European Americans

Jazz is music that is

• planned

• spontaneous

• partly planned and partly spontaneous

• neither planned nor spontaneous

What is improvisation?

• inventing or doing something on the spur of the moment

• following a prepared script

• reading music

• following a prepared musical score

What does Jazz express

• cognitive thought

• the intentions of the composer as in classical music

• music of the past

• emotion

A Jazz tune

• is played the same way every time regardless of who is playing

• is played the same way in the middle but differently in the beginning

• is played the same way in the middle but differently at the end

• is never played the exact same way twice

A single pitch of music is called a

• note

• chord

• melody

• rhythm

What is a melody?

• part of a chord

• group of notes played or sung in succession

• group of notes played or sung at the same time

• a certain pitch