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WorksheetsUnit 2 Jazz 2
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Jazz
When a musician takes a melody or theme and adds their own take on it, adding embellishments and changing rhythms and pitch.
A new musical style that was predominantly created by African Americans rooted in improvisation and characterized by syncopated rhythm, a steady beat, and distinctive tone colors and performance.
a harmonic pattern that involves 3 basic chords: tonic, subdominant, and dominant.
Call and response
each statement of basic harmonic pattern or melody
When a voice is answered by an instrument or when one instrument (or group of instruments) is answered by another instrument (or group).
A form of vocal and instrumental music that has deep, personal, connections to folk music, work songs, and spiritual songs and is considered to be the most important foundation of jazz.
Rhythm section
Combining a steady beat with a feeing of lilt, precision, and relaxed vitality.
the triad based on the 4th note of the scale (fa)
The backbone of the jazz ensemble made up of a piano, plucked double bass, percussion, and sometimes guitar. These instruments maintain beat and add rhythmic interest.
Improvisation
When a voice is answered by an instrument or when one instrument (or group of instruments) is answered by another instrument (or group).
A form of vocal and instrumental music that has deep, personal, connections to folk music, work songs, and spiritual songs and is considered to be the most important foundation of jazz.
When a musician takes a melody or theme and adds their own take on it, adding embellishments and changing rhythms and pitch.
Bars
a harmonic pattern that involves 3 basic chords: tonic, subdominant, and dominant.
When a rapper spits straight fire; "Those bars were trill my dawg"
Measures
Chorus
each statement of basic harmonic pattern or melody
When a voice is answered by an instrument or when one instrument (or group of instruments) is answered by another instrument (or group).
Combining a steady beat with a feeing of lilt, precision, and relaxed vitality.
Swing
Combining a steady beat with a feeing of lilt, precision, and relaxed vitality.
the triad based on the 5th note of the scale (so)
a harmonic pattern that involves 3 basic chords: tonic, subdominant, and dominant.
Blues
A form of vocal and instrumental music that has deep, personal, connections to folk music, work songs, and spiritual songs and is considered to be the most important foundation of jazz.
The backbone of the jazz ensemble made up of a piano, plucked double bass, percussion, and sometimes guitar. These instruments maintain beat and add rhythmic interest.
A new musical style that was predominantly created by African Americans rooted in improvisation and characterized by syncopated rhythm, a steady beat, and distinctive tone colors and performance.
12 bar blues
each statement of basic harmonic pattern or melody
a harmonic pattern that involves 3 basic chords: tonic, subdominant, and dominant.
When a musician takes a melody or theme and adds their own take on it, adding embellishments and changing rhythms and pitch.
Subdominant
a harmonic pattern that involves 3 basic chords: tonic, subdominant, and dominant.
the triad based on the 4th note of the scale (fa)
Measures
Dominant
the triad based on the 5th note of the scale (so)
The backbone of the jazz ensemble made up of a piano, plucked double bass, percussion, and sometimes guitar. These instruments maintain beat and add rhythmic interest.
a harmonic pattern that involves 3 basic chords: tonic, subdominant, and dominant.
