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WorksheetsDixieland & Swing
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins
Dixieland came to the forefront of jazz and experienced its most concentrated development in the years...
1850-1875
1875-1900
1900-1925
1925-1950
Dixieland's primary influences included...
ragtime
gospel music
military brass bands
all of the above
The common instrumentation of a Dixieland band was (is)...
trumpet, saxophone, piano, bass, drums
five saxes, four trumpets, four trombones, piano, bass, drums, and sometimes guitar
trumpet, clarinet, trombone, piano, tuba, banjo, drums
organ, saxophone, drums
The primary feature of Dixieland is...
collective improvisation
sophisticated arrangements
each soloist improvising one at a time with rhythm section
ragtime
In a Dixieland band, the trumpet's primary role is to
add to (embellish) the melody
play the melody
keep steady beat
play chords
In a Dixieland band, the clarinet's primary role is to...
play the melody
keep a steady beat
add to (embellish) the melody
play chords
In a Dixieland band, the piano and banjo's primary role is to...
play the melody
keep a steady beat
embellish the bass line and play "afterbeats" and sound effects such as "smears" and "slides"
play chords
In a Dixieland band, the trombone's primary role is to
play the melody
play the bass line
embellish the bass line and play "afterbeats" and sound effects such as "smears" and "slides"
play chords
In a Dixieland band, the drummer's primary role is to
play the bass line
keep a steady beat
embellish the bass line and play "afterbeats" and sound effects such as "smears" and "slides"
play chords
In a Dixieland band, the tuba (or string bass') primary role is to...
play the melody
play chords
keep a steady beat
play the bass line
Dixieland bands were originally...
chamber orchestras
small marching bands
country bands
church choirs
Besides playing for dances and parties, in the early 1900s Dixieland bands would also play for
weddings
baptisms
bah mitzvahs
funerals
The first great jazz soloist (improviser) was..
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Benny Goodman
Count Bassie
Louis Armstrong played which instrument?
cornet and trumpet
clarinet and saxophone
piano
tuba
Most early Dixieland jazz musicians were...
classically trained European musicians
self taught European musicians
self taught African American musicians
sons of preachers
The first jazz record was made by...
Buddy Bolden
Scott Joplin
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver
The Original Dixieland Jass Band
The first jazz recording was entitled...
Singin' the Blues
When the Saints Go Marching In
Livery Stable Blues
Workingman's Blues
Dixieland's first recordings were on...
piano rolls
78's
LPs
MP3s
The collective improvisation of Dixieland jazz, in part, represented...
New Orleans worker unions' collective bargaining agreement with the city
the newfound freedom of African Americans
jazz musicians' having to pay collection agencies
the collection of a variety of instruments to play jazz
Big band swing came to the forefront of jazz and experienced its most concentrated development in the years...
1900-1915
1915-1930
1930-1945
1945-1960
The common instrumentation of a swing big band was (is)...
trumpet, saxophone, piano, bass, drums
five saxes, four trumpets, four trombones, piano, bass, drums
organ, saxophone, drums
trumpet clarinet, trombone, piano, tuba, banjo, drums
During the Swing Era, the music played by the big bands was...
mostly improvised
mostly written (by an arranger)
equally written and improvised
collectively improvised
Big Band swing music was played primarily for...
funerals
dancing
church services
background dinner music
Important figure(s) of the swing era included
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman
All of the above
Swing served as a major morale booster during...
World War I
World War II
the Korean War
the Vietnam War
