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Jazz Music WHS

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the "King of Ragtime"?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Scott Joplin
c)
Duke Ellington
d)
Glenn Miller
2.
What was the main instrument used in ragtime? 
a)
Saxophone
b)
Trumpet
c)
Clarinet
d)
Piano
3.

When did jazz music begin?

a)

Jamaica

b)

United States

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

4.

Some of the types of jazz include?

a)

hip hop and RnB

b)

Ragtime and blues

c)

Rap and country

d)

cah cha and fox trot

5.
known for playing the clarinet in Swing and Big Band
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Benny Goodman
c)
Louise Williams
d)
Count Basie
6.

When was the Big Band era?

a)

1930's

b)

1940's

c)

1950's

d)

1920's

7.

Who were the pioneers of Bebop?

a)

"Dizzy" Gillespie

b)

Charlie "Yardbird" Parker

c)

Mary Lou Williams

d)

Duke Ellington

8.
Charlie Parker played the....
a)
piano
b)
alto saxophone
c)
trumpet
d)
trombone
9.

Which of these Jazz pieces was not performed Glenn Miller

a)

In The Mood

b)

American Patrol

c)

Moonlight Serenade

d)

The Entertainer

10.

Which of these dances is not a Jazz dance?

a)

The Leap Frog

b)

The Jitterbug

c)

Swing Dance

d)

The Lyndy Hop