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Does it Swing? Jazz History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is the birthplace of jazz?

a)

New York City

b)

New Orleans

c)

Bristol

d)

Chicago

2.

This African American music style influenced jazz.

a)

blues

b)

rock

c)

romantic

d)

disco

3.

Improvising is important in jazz music. To improvise means to improve and _____________.

a)

make up something new on the spot

b)

read music

c)

play loudly

d)

give your song a name

4.

Nonsense syllables sung in a way to which mimics horns and other instruments is called ___________.

a)

cool cat singing

b)

scat singing

c)

bebopping

d)

swinging

5.

This device is put in the bell of a trumpet or trombone to change the sounds.

a)

wah

b)

glove

c)

can

d)

mute

6.

What does multiphonics mean?

a)

playing two sounds at once

b)

multiplication

c)

writing a jazz hit

d)

teaching a jazz song

7.

What technology most helped jazz spread across the United States in the 1920's?

a)

TV

b)

Radio

c)

records

d)

cars

8.

Duke Ellington's theme song on his radio show was called ______.

a)

"Apple Pie"

b)

"A Train"

c)

"B Bus"

d)

"It Don't Mean a Thing"

9.

After jazz spread to the big cities in the north, _________ was it's new home; where the legendary Cotton Club featured jazz musicians live every night.

a)

Beale Street

b)

Soho

c)

Brooklyn

d)

Harlem

10.

_______ was the most popular music in America in the 1920's-1940's.

a)

Country

b)

Classical

c)

Jazz

d)

Blues