WorksheetsHistory of Jazz styles
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
1) Ragtime music features lots of _________ rhythms.
Syncopated
Downbeat
On the beat
Random
Classic jazz of New Orleans in the 1900’s featured which type of band?
Brass
Woodwind
String Orchestra
Drum
What were the musical features of Hot Jazz and the Chicago style of the 1920’s?
Improvised solos around the melody and more harmonic inventiveness
Written down solos around the melody and less harmonic inventiveness
Improvised solos avoiding the melody and more harmonic inventiveness
Written down solos avoiding the melody and less harmonic inventiveness
Swing of the 1930’s featured which type of band?
Brass
Woodwind
Big Band
String Orchestra
Bebop of the 1940’s had what musical features?
More complex harmonies, improvised solos avoiding the melody, and faster tempos
Less complex harmonies, improvised solos close to the melody, and march tempos
More complex harmonies, improvised solos close to the melody, and march tempos
Less complex harmonies, improvised solos avoiding the melody, and faster tempos
Cool jazz of the 1950’s had what musical features?
Faster tempos, harsher tone, more complex harmonies
More relaxed tempos, lighter tone, less complex harmonies
More relaxed tempos, lighter tone, more complex harmonies
Faster tempos, lighter tone, less complex harmonies
Why did Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz become more popular in the 1950’s?
Jazz already was influenced by Latin music
Musicians from Cuba came to New York and performed jazz
Afro-Cuban Jazz used ragtime, blues, swing, and Cuban music
All of the above
Modal jazz of the 1960’s had what musical features?
More chords and changed chords rapidly
Fewer chords and changed chords rapidly
Fewer chords and often stayed on one chord for longer
More chords and randomly changed chords
What styles were blended to create Bossa Nova in the 1960’s?
Jazz and Brazilian samba
Cuban and Jazz
Modal and Brazilian samba
Jazz and Swing
Fusion jazz of the 1970’s combined which styles?
Swing, Brazilian, and World
Cuban, Rock, and Jazz
Brazilian, Cuban, and French
Jazz, Rock, and World
Smooth jazz of the 1980’s had what musical features?
Less dynamics and low production values
More dynamics and low production values
Less dynamics and high production values
More dynamics and high production values
The 1990’s saw resurgences in which styles of jazz?
Hot jazz and Fusion
New Orleans and Swing
Afro-Cuban and Latin
Bebop and Ragtime
