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WorksheetsGeneral Music- Jazz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
"Jelly Roll" Morton was famous in which genre?
Dixieland
Swing
Bebop
Smooth Jazz
When was the Big Band era?
1930's
1940's
1950's
1920's
Who were the pioneers of Bebop?
"Dizzy" Gillespie
Charlie "Yardbird" Parker
Mary Lou Williams
Duke Ellington
Which jazz genre came about because of the influence of Rock and Roll?
Fusion
Swing
Bebop
Smooth jazz
Which of theses musicians play in the Smooth Jazz genre?
Kenny G
Miles Davis
Charlie Parker
Mary Lou Williams
Choose all that are characteristics of Bebop:
Chromatic Melodies
Rapid tempos
2 beat meter
used mandolin and banjo
What is a break in music?
usually happens in the spring, summer, fall, and winter of the school year
a measure or two where everyone stops playing except for the soloist
connects two different sections in the music
what was significant about the rhythm of Swing?
the genre changed the duple feel to a swinging triple feel
it kept the duple meter and added skipping rhythms
the rhythms were simple
Who was Fletcher Henderson?
He developed the standard band instrumentation
Composer, Arranger, and Bandleader
role in the development of the swinging jazz band
