2025 Semester 2 Jazz Band Vocab Post-Test Review

What does the symbol "+" mean in trumpet music?

• Put a straight mute into the trumpet.
• Remove a straight mute from the trumpet.
• Place the plunger mute over the bell.
• Move the plunger mute away from the bell.

What does the symbol "o" mean in trumpet music?

• Put a straight mute into the trumpet.
• Remove a straight mute from the trumpet.
• Place the plunger mute over the bell.
• Move the plunger mute away from the bell.

When one instrument/section plays something and others respond, we call this:

• Call and Echo
• Repeat and Respond
• Call and Response
• Hocket

Which is the best JAZZ definition of marcato?

• A separated with the air, accented note.
• An incredibly short, accented note.
• A clipped with the tongue, accented note.
• A clipped with the air, accented note.

Which is the best JAZZ definition of staccato?

• A separated with the air, accented note.
• An incredibly short, accented note.
• A separated with a clip of the tongue note.
• A short note.

What best defines "Swing" music?

• A music of the 1920s and 30s that emphasized the off-beat and dancing.
• A style of music incorporating Latin American rhythms primarily from Cuba/Brazil.
• A type of jazz that is not innovative, based on 1930s jazz/improvisational practices.
• A music of the deep south in which the twelve bar blues was extremely common.

What best defines "Latin" music?

• A music of the 1920s and 30s that emphasized the off-beat and dancing.
• A style of music incorporating Latin American rhythms primarily from Cuba/Brazil.
• A type of jazz that is not innovative, based on 1930s jazz/improvisational practices.
• A music of the deep south in which the twelve bar blues was extremely common.

What best defines "Mainstream Jazz" music?

• A music of the 1920s and 30s that emphasized the off-beat and dancing.
• A style of music incorporating Latin American rhythms primarily from Cuba/Brazil.
• A type of jazz that is not innovative, based on 1930s jazz/improvisational practices.
• A music of the deep south in which the twelve bar blues was extremely common.

What best defines "Modulation"?

• When the music starts to change towards a time signature change.
• When the music starts to change towards a tempo change.
• When the music starts to change towards a key change.
• When the music starts to change towards the diatonic.

What best defines "Chops"?

• A specialized type of jazz articulation which makes the notes very choppy.
• The technical ability to play the music and adapt to chord changes.
• Playing the music/piece perfectly in time.
• A specialized type of jazz articulation wheere the notes are NOT clipped with the tongue.