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WorksheetsJazz Music In The United States
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When did jazz music begin?
a)
Jamaica
b)
United States
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
2.
Jazz was found in which city?
a)
New Orleans
b)
Memphis
c)
Chicago
d)
St. Louis
3.
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
4.
What is Jazz?
a)
A dance
b)
A drink
c)
A music style
d)
A Basketball
5.
What musical instrument did Miles Davis play?
a)
Guitar
b)
Piano
c)
Trumpet
d)
Traps
6.
What musical instrument did the great Jazz musician Duke Ellington play?
a)
Clarinet
b)
Piano
c)
Guitar
d)
Trombone
7.
Louis Armstrong recorded these famous songs.
a)
"Rock Around the Clock"
b)
'What a Wonderful World"
c)
"Hello Dolly"
d)
"When the Saints Go Marchin" In"
8.
Scat singing is......
a)
singing loudly
b)
singing with dynamics
c)
singing using made up nonsense syllables
d)
singing with a friend
9.
TRUE OR FALSE Bebop is usually very slow jazz.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
10.
Dizzy Gillespie is best known for his....
a)
shiny saxophone
b)
sousaphone
c)
bent trumpet
d)
drumset
11.
Charlie Parker played the....
a)
piano
b)
alto saxophone
c)
trumpet
d)
trombone
12.
Which did Jazz originate from?
a)
African American Work Songs
b)
African American Spiritual Songs
c)
Blues
d)
Rock and Roll
13.
The first Jazz genre was...
a)
Dixieland
b)
Blues
c)
Swing
14.
Louis Armstrong's nickname
a)
Satchmo
b)
Little Woman
15.
What does it mean to scat?
a)
Sing whatever you want whenever you want to
b)
Sing nonsense syllables to imitate instruments
c)
Pretend to play instruments
16.
What instrument is a cornet most like?
a)
Trumpet
b)
Clarinet
c)
Flute
d)
Trombone
17.
Which of these cities is NOT a big city in Jazz Music
a)
New Orleans
b)
Chicago
c)
Indianapolis
d)
New York
18.
Who is the "King of Ragtime"?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Scott Joplin
c)
Duke Ellington
d)
Glenn Miller
19.
What was the main instrument used in ragtime?
a)
Saxophone
b)
Trumpet
c)
Clarinet
d)
Piano
20.
What is Jazz?
a)
A dance
b)
A drink
c)
A music style
d)
A Basketball
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