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WorksheetsJazz Lingo
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What are jazz musicians referring to when they talk about their "chops"?
What are they ate for dinner
Their technique
Their teeth
The chorus of a tune
What is a lick?
A section of tune usually played between the head and the solos.
The way you eat an ice cream.
The main riff of the tune.
An improvised phrase that has entered the everyday language of jazz and often describes a musicians signature phrase.
'Lay back' refers to?
Recline on your day bed.
Don't play.
Play on the back side of the beat.
When the music is rhythmically in the groove.
A fake book is?
A book so-called because improvising used to be called "faking"
Similar to the Real Book.
A book that is not real.
A book of standards and jazz originals usually consisting of just the melody and chord symbols
What is a jazz musician doing when he has a gig?
A dance.
A job.
A recording.
Practicing his or her instrument.
What is stop time
There is no time signature.
The tempo changes.
During a solo, the rhythm section only plays on the 1st beat of every 2 or 4 bars.
A solo section, where on a soloists cue, the entire rhythm section stops playing.
What is a musician doing when he says he is 'going into the shed'.
He/she is going to hang out with friend in the back garden shed.
He/she is going to chop wood.
He/she is going to shut away from world and practice long and hard.
He/she is into the groove.
What is 'a train wreck'?
Everything goes off track.
Someone forgets to take the repeat.
Someone forgets to take the bridge.
Gemma keeps talking during her solo.
What is the 'head'?
A riff.
The first time through the melody before the solos.
The main melody and changes of the tune.
An improvised phrase.
What is a 'riff'?
Repeated horn figure, often played behind the solo.
Repeated drum feel.
Repeated chord changes.
An improvised section at the end of the out chorus, often repeated.
What is meant by 'in the pocket'?
A different name for the Basie tune 'Corner Pocket'
No introduction.
An introductary section before the tune is played.
When the music in rhythmically in the groove.
Playing 'outside' means:
Playing in the outdoors.
Playing the notes in the chords changes.
Playing notes not in the chord changes.
Playing wrong notes.
'Sitting in' refers to:
Musicians who play in their regular band.
A musician playing with band members they don't know.
A musician who is always late for rehearsal then sits down.
Playing in the groove.
To 'take it out' means to :
Play the solo for more choruses.
Play the head for the last time.
Play louder and louder until the end.
Take the music outside and learn away from others until you can play your part correctly.
How confident would you be if a musician called 'you'll hear it' when soloing?
Extremely confident as I have a good ear.
Very confident as I know many standard chord progressions.
Vaguely confident as I know ii-V7-I's in every key.
Somewhat confident as I can play the blues scale in some keys.
Who is 'Trane?
(a)
Who is Dizzy?
(a)
Who is Bird?
(a)
Describe kicks?
Cool lines
Specific rhythmic hits played by rhythm section.
The excitement of playing well.
Part of the drum kit.
'Up' refers to
A movie about balloons.
Fast tempo
Play a note higher.
Moderate tempo.
