Jazz and Blues lesson 2

Blues music grew out of...

• Work-songs and spirituals

• Classical Music

• Guitar Music

• Jazz

The structure for a Blues song is...

• 6 bars

• 12 bars

• 32 bars

• 3 pages

Which scale is the blues scale based on?

• Weighing Scales

• Dorian Mode

• G Major

• Minor Pentatonic

A Common Harmony in Blues follows these chords

• I, IV, V, I

• G minor, C Major, A Major flat 15th

• I, II, III, IV

• I, V, I, I

Which degree of the scale do you add to make a chord more 'jazzy'?

• 7th

• 3rd

• 1st

• 5th

Syncopated rhythms emphasise the ???? beat

(a)  

In Jazz, the main tune is often referred to as what?

• The Head

• The Hand

• The Brain

• The Voice

Choose three instruments that are traditionally used in Jazz music

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What is dissonance?

• Clashing notes in the harmony

• A lovely tune

• an ugly tune

• relaxing chords

The first, fourth and fifth degrees of the scale are also called...

• Tonic, Subdominant, Dominant

• Low, Middle, Higher

• Super tonic, mediant, dominant

• Dominant, subdominant, leading note