Grade 11 Swing jazz Consolidation quiz

What gives swing music its swing feel?

• Strong swing 8th patterns

• Four beat feel

• Straight 8th patterns

The swing era is during which decade?

• 1920s

• 1950s

• 1930s

• 1900s

Swing features many collective improvisation sections.

• True

• False

Swing had a greater emphasis on written arrangement.

• True

• False

How many sections did the swing big band have?

• 3 sections: rhythm, brass and saxophone

• 2 sections: rhythm and brass

• 3 sections: woodwind, brass and rhythm

What does tutti mean?

• All horns playing a melodic line in harmony.

• All horns playing a melodic line in a polyphonic texture.

• The rhythm section and horns doing call and response

Swing was for listening and never for dancing.

• True.

• False.