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WorksheetsContext of Jazz
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is a Blues Scale?
A melody line played on a bass instrument based on the notes of the chord?
A group of 6 notes that can be used to improvise a melody.
A group of notes played at the same time.
What musical technique can you hear?
Call and response
Verse and chorus
Blues scale
swing rhythm.
What style of song can you hear?
Country Blues
Memphis Blues
Work Song
Country Song
Why is 1865 important in the history of Blues music?
African people were taken as slaves and they started to sing work songs?
African/American slaves were free and they could develop their style?
African/American slaves were told to work out in the cotton fields and started to use call and response?
What is the name of the popular musical structure used in Blues music?
Walking bass Line
Improvisation
12 Bar Blues
Chords.
The Sousaphone is a type of
tuba
recording device
telephone
trumpet
Sousa is best known for his
oratorios
waltzes
marches
suites
1) Ragtime music features lots of _________ rhythms.
Syncopated
Downbeat
On the beat
Random
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
Where is the birthplace of jazz?
New York City
New Orleans
Bristol
Chicago
This African American music style influenced jazz.
blues
rock
romantic
disco
What size of band did Dixieland usually feature?
Small Combo
Big Band
Full Orchestra
String Quartet
"Group Improvisation" was a feature of what type of jazz?
Swing
Dixieland
Bebop
Avant Garde
When did New Orleans jazz begin to develop?
Early 1800s
Early 1900s
Early 2000s
1950s
Bebop or Swing...all instruments were soloists
Bebop
Swing
Bebop or Swing...commercially successful
Bebop
Swing
Bebop or Swing...entertainment for audiences
Bebop
Swing
Bebop or Swing...Fast rhythm patterns
Bebop
Swing
Which of the following was NOT a main person in bebop?
Dizzie Gillespie
Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker
Duke Ellington
What instrument did Dizzie Gillespie play?
Violin
Saxophone
Trumpet
Piano
Cool jazz was a reaction against what style jazz?
Swing
New Orleans Dixieland
Modern
Bebop
This style of jazz was about being ______ and _______.
Loud and fast
Conservative and understated
Complex and fast
