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Jazz Band Final Test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the pattern of a major scale?

a)

WHWWWH

b)

WWHWWWH

c)

WWWHHWW

d)

WHWHWHWH

2.

What scale degree is lowered a Dominant Chord?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

3.

What scale degrees are lowered in a Dorian scale?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

7

d)

Answer A and C

4.

To play Jazz, musicians use...

a)

Musical Theory

b)

Various styles in music

c)

Digital patterns and licks

d)

All of the above

5.

What is the third note of the C major Scale?

a)

A

b)

D

c)

C

d)

E

6.

What is the 7th note of C mixolydian scale?

a)

Db

b)

Eb

c)

Bb

d)

Ab

7.

Spell the D Mixolydian Chord.

a)

D F A C

b)

D F# A C#

c)

D F# A# C#

d)

D F# A C

8.

Spell a C minor seventh chord.

a)

C E G B

b)

C Eb Gb Db

c)

C Eb G Bb

d)

C Eb G B

9.

Spell an 'A' Dominant/Mixolydian chord.

a)

A C# E G

b)

A C# E# G#

c)

A C E G

d)

A B C D

10.

What is the root of a chord?

a)

The first note of the scale

b)

The third note of a scale

c)

The second note of the scale

d)

The 7th note of a scale

11.

What is this articulation? >

a)

Accent - Dah

b)

Accent - Daht

c)

Accent - Doo

d)

Accent- Dit

12.

What is this articulation? ^

a)

Marcato- Dit

b)

Marcato- Doo

c)

Marcato- Daht

d)

Marcato- Dah

13.

What is this articulation? __

a)

Legato- Dah

b)

Tenuto- Dah

c)

Legato- Dit

d)

Tenuto- Doo

14.

What subdivision is used in swing feel?

a)

Eighth notes

b)

Triplets

c)

Sixteenth notes

d)

Thirty Second Notes

15.

How many bars are in a basic blues form?

a)

22

b)

77

c)

56

d)

12

16.

What is the correct order of the circle of fourths?

a)

CGDAEBF#DbAbEbBbF

b)

FCGDAbEbGbDbAECBb

c)

CFBbEbAbDbGbBEADG

d)

BbFCGDAbEbGbDbAEC

17.

What is the order of flats?

a)

FCGDAEB

b)

BAEDGFE

c)

FGCADBE

d)

BEADGCF

18.

What is the correct order of sharps?

a)

FCGDAEB

b)

FGABEAF

c)

DBGFAEB

d)

BEADGCF

19.

Who is responsible for time?

a)

You

b)

The Drums

c)

The Bass

d)

All of the Above

20.

Who is responsible for setting the standard for articulations?

a)

The lead trumpet

b)

The saxophones

c)

The 4th trumpet

d)

The baritone saxophone

21.

Finish this Major Seventh Chord G B D __?

a)

G

b)

B

c)

C

d)

F#

22.

When improvising a solo, which chord tones (scale degrees) do you play the most from the chord given?

a)

Root 3rd , 7th

b)

Root, 2nd, 3rd

c)

Root, 4th, 5th

d)

Root, 6th, 7th

23.

Staccato " . " means...

a)

Short and detached: dit

b)

Short: dit

c)

Long and Detached:doo

d)

Long:doo

24.

Define syncopation.

a)

Accented downbeats

b)

Accented weak beats (off beats)

c)

Accented quarter notes

d)

Accented eight notes

25.

True or False: Jazz is America's original art form.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

True or False: Improvisation is a combination of random notes pieced together to make a solo.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Define Chord:

a)

A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously

b)

A combination of 2-7 notes that blend harmoniously

c)

A combination of 27 notes that blend harmoniously

d)

A combination of 4,000 notes that blend harmoniously

28.

What are two different methods of transcribing?

a)

Aural (memory)

b)

Written

c)

Vocal

d)

Both A and B

29.

An interval is the distance between:

a)

Two rhythms

b)

Two time signatures

c)

Two notes

d)

Three notes

30.

Which one is correct: G Dorian Scale.

a)

G A Bb C D E F G

b)

G Ab Bb C Db E F G

c)

G A B C D E F G

d)

G A B C D E F# G