WorksheetsGCSE Jazz Revision
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these is considered a jazz instrument
a)
Trumpet
b)
Piccolo
c)
Timpani
d)
Violin
2.
Which of these is considered a jazz instrument
a)
Clarinet
b)
Piccolo
c)
Accordian
d)
Violin
3.
Which of these is considered a jazz instrument
a)
Piano
b)
Piccolo
c)
Timpani
d)
Violin
4.
How are jazz drums often played?
a)
With sticks
b)
With brushes
5.
Which american city is assiociated with the birth of Jazz
a)
New York
b)
Chicago
c)
New Orleans
6.
Which is a common Jazz chord pattern?
a)
1 Bar
b)
4 Bar
c)
8 Bar
d)
12 Bar
7.
What are syncopated rhythms?
a)
When notes are played off the beat
b)
The effect produced when two conflicting rhythms are heard together
c)
is when two or more rhythms with different pulses are heard together
d)
hree notes played in the time of two
8.
Jazz features syncopated rhythms
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Jazz features 'bent' notes
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What device do jazz trumpeters commonly use?
a)
Mute
b)
Stand
11.
Which of these is not a jazz performer?
a)
Billie Holiday
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Duke Ellington
d)
Eddie Van Halen
12.
Jazz music features a lot of improvisation
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Rhythm refers to...
a)
How the sounds and silences are organised in a piece of music (syncopated, straight, swung)
b)
The speed of the piece of music
c)
The melody of the piece of music
d)
How high or low the notes are
14.
Articulation refers to...
a)
If the notes are short (staccato) or long (legato)
b)
Is the notes are loud or soft
c)
The pitch of the music
d)
The speed of the music
15.
Dynamics refer to...
a)
If the notes are low or high
b)
The instruments being used
c)
The texture of the piece
d)
If the notes are loud or soft
16.
Expression refers to...
a)
The speed of the piece
b)
Whether notes are high or low
c)
The style of the individual performer or the emotion conveyed through the piece
d)
The instruments used in the piece
17.
Devices refers to....
a)
The instruments that you are using (e.g Electric guitar)
b)
Techniques that performers and composers use to perform/create a piece (e.g.riff, sequence, inversion)
c)
The speed of the music
d)
How the music has been produced in the studio
18.
Tempo refers to...
a)
The pitch of the music
b)
The speed or bpm of the music
c)
How loud the music is played
d)
Which country the music is from
19.
Instruments refer to....
a)
The apparatus used by a musician (e.g. a flute)
b)
The pitch of a piece of music
c)
The texture of a piece of music
d)
The country that the music comes from
20.
Pitch refers to...
a)
How loud a note is played
b)
Which instrument a note is played on
c)
How fast a piece is played
d)
How high or low a note is
21.
Structure refers to...
a)
The Texture of the music (e.g. homophonic)
b)
The plan for the piece of music (AB, Rondo, Ternary , Verse -Chorus)
c)
The speed of the music
d)
The venue the music is performed in
22.
Describe the a typical jazz rhythm.
a)
Swung
b)
Straight
23.
In jazz music, singing nonsense syllables in rhythm with the music is called:
a)
scat singing
b)
improvising
c)
solo
d)
a capella
24.
A jazz trio consists of what 3 instruments?
a)
saxophone, trumpet, piano
b)
piano, drums, bass
c)
harp, guitar, keyboard
d)
harmonica, drums, bagpipes
25.
Improvisation means:
a)
to tell a joke
b)
to make something from scratch
c)
to start again at the beginning
d)
to make it up as you go
26.
What is this jazz musician using?
a)
a bowl mute
b)
a trombone
c)
Jedi powers
d)
a plunger mute
27.
What instrument is this?
a)
Xylophone
b)
Trumpet
c)
Saxophone
d)
Trombone
28.
What are two characteristics that define jazz?
a)
Improvisation and Syncopation
b)
Syncopation and Innovation
c)
Creativity and Improvisation
d)
Swinging beat or ragging
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