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Unit 1 Jazz

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 43mins

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1.

When an artist does a cover version, they are

a)

spoiling a song that has already been composed

b)

improving a song that has already been composed

c)

performing a song that has already been composed

d)

improvising a song that has already been composed

2.

A cover version can have a different

a)

instrumentation

b)

harmony

c)

musical genre

d)

structure

e)

rhythm an tempo

3.

Mark the true

a)

Nowdays, every artist can perform a cover without atributing the work to its autor

b)

Nowdays, every artist cannot perform a cover without atributing the work to its autor

c)

there are artists who attibute their cover to its original autor because they are kind

d)

All of them are true

4.

Plagiariarism is

a)

when an artist performs a cover and attribute it to its autor

b)

when an artist performs a cover without attribuing the work to its autor

c)

when an artist liead listeners to believe that it is not their work

d)

when the song is awful

5.

Plagiarism is punisable

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

sometimes

d)

the odd days

6.

Jazz was originated in

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

America

7.

This genre was predecessors of jazz

a)

Bebop

b)

cool jazz

c)

gospel

d)

free jazz

8.

Those genres were predecessors of jazz

a)

blues

b)

swing

c)

jazz hip hop

d)

ragtime

9.

Gospel is called too

a)

bebop

b)

golpe de vista

c)

spiritual music

d)

none of them

10.

It is characteristics of gospel

a)

It is played with guitars

b)

is a instrumental genre composed for piano

c)

there are call-and-response dialogue between the soloist and the choir

d)

the left hand plays a regular rhtythm over a syncopated melody played by the right hand

11.

The history of jazz began in

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Tordillos

d)

New Orleans

12.

A large orchestra use to be called

a)

a large orchestra

b)

big band

c)

wind band

d)

jazz band

13.

The big bands play

a)

bebop

b)

cool jazz

c)

free jazz

d)

swing

14.

A riff is

a)

region with mountainous and green areas of North Africa

b)

short melodic phrases repeated while a soloist improvises

c)

new style of jazz which explored new harmonies, playing fast tempos

d)

accentuated melodies and smoother sound

15.

The hot clubs

a)

hosted big bands

b)

became populars because their colour lights

c)

became populars because of the parades

d)

hosted smaller musical ensambles

16.

A jam sessions

a)

is a party in which there are a competiton which the winner is who eat more jam

b)

it is called marmalade session in uk

c)

is a meeting where player musicians imiprovise

d)

is a famous festival of Vitoria

17.

It is faster

a)

music in hot clubs (hot jazz)

b)

cool jazz

18.

the bebop

a)

explored new harmonies

b)

playing at fast tempos

c)

is based on much freer, quick improvisations

d)

fusing jazz with other styles

19.

It fusion jazz with bossa nova and Afro-Cuban rhythms

a)

free jazz

b)

freezing

c)

bebop

d)

historical jazz styles

20.

This style emerged against the cool jazz

a)

hot jazz

b)

bebop

c)

big bands

d)

free jazz

21.

"Dieguito el cigala" combined jazz with

a)

bossa nova

b)

hip hop

c)

nothing

d)

flamenco

22.

A genre that sings God's praises

a)

blues

b)

gospel

c)

ragtime

d)

bebop

23.

In C major, we call the Eb ( keep in mind what unit we are studiying)

a)

E sharp

b)

Mi bemol

c)

blue note

d)

sad note

e)

happy note

24.

When someone plays a ragtime with the piano, What does hand use to play the regular rhythm?

a)

left hand

b)

right hand

c)

both hand

d)

there is no regular rhythm in ragtime

25.

It helped to jazz music to get popularity in Europe

a)

spotify

b)

world war II

c)

the tv

d)

the migración de Africa a Europa

26.

The jazz, in the nineteen-nineties

a)

the large orchestras become popularity

b)

hot clubs proliferated

c)

developed of many different styles with no clear prevailing trend

d)

a generational revowal for this type of music combined jazz with genred such as hip hop of flamenco

27.

The bebop is characterized by a melody called head

a)

the song start with the head and it is not played again

b)

the song start with the head and it is played again at the end

c)

head is not a characteristic of the bebop

d)

the head is improvisated so it is played the whole song

28.

Type the name of a famous work of George Gershwin

(a)  

29.

Type the name of a famous work of George Gershwin

(a)  

30.

Galicia's musical tradition is remarkable for

a)

has one of the most indluential musical traditions in Europe

b)

began in late 19th century in Santiago de Compostela

c)

its poverty and little relevance

d)

its richness and relevance

31.

The main instrument of galician folk music is

a)

bagpipe

b)

chanfaina

c)

hardy-gurdy

d)

electric guitar

32.

It is possible to find bagpipes in the folk music of

a)

Granada

b)

Zamora

c)

Asturias

d)

Zaragoza

33.

The bagpipe is an instrument of

a)

wind

b)

percussion

c)

strings

34.

The charrasco is an instrument of

a)

wind

b)

strings

c)

percussion

35.

the hardy-gurdy is an instrument

a)

wind

b)

strings

c)

percussion

36.

The dances in Galicia

a)

were not developed

b)

Galicia is plenty of traditional dances

c)

Galician dances are the same that in the rest of spain

d)

The most popular dance is the charrada

37.

The alboradas are

a)

danced in christmas

b)

sung on holidays

c)

played in easter

d)

played and sung in churches

38.

Songs from Galicia

a)

alboradas

b)

pandeiradas

c)

alalás

d)

trikitixa

39.

It accompanies dances and the tambourine

a)

alboradas

b)

pandeiradas

c)

alalás

d)

cantares de arrieiros

40.

It is an example of work song

a)

cantares de canteiros

b)

alalás

c)

pandeiradas

d)

alboradas

41.

The Galician music is associate with

a)

Roman legacy

b)

Arab legacy

c)

Asian legacy

d)

Jazz legacy

e)

Celtic legacy

42.

This is a

a)

hurdy-gurdy

b)

Irish bagpipe

c)

Galician bagpipe

d)

charrasco

43.

This is a

a)

charrasco

b)

Irish gabpipe

c)

Galician bagpipe

d)

hurdy-gurdy

44.

This is a

a)

charrasco

b)

carrasco

c)

hary-gurdy

d)

bodhran

45.

The nation's symbol of Ireland is a

a)

Fiddle

b)

Shield

c)

harp

d)

flag

46.

The irish music has been spread due to

a)

it has not been spread

b)

it is very catchy

c)

social networks

d)

migration

47.

They are dances

a)

jigs

b)

unleann pipe

c)

bodran

d)

fiddle

48.

They are irish dances

a)

muñeiras

b)

bodhran

c)

tin wistle

d)

reels

49.

The structure of the phrases in Irish music are often

a)

repetitive

b)

symmetrical

c)

asymmetric

d)

regular and irregular

50.

The harmony in the Irish folk music use to be

a)

simple and new every phrases

b)

complex and new every phrases

c)

complex and repetitive

d)

simple and repetitive

51.

This is an

a)

accordion

b)

uilleann pipe

c)

bodhran

d)

fiddle

e)

harp

52.

This is a

a)

uilleann pipe

b)

bodhran

c)

fiddle

d)

harp

e)

accordion

53.

In folk Irish music, it is called

a)

violin

b)

uilleann pipe

c)

bodhran

d)

fiddle

e)

harp

54.

This is a

a)

accordion

b)

uilleann pipe

c)

bodhran

d)

fiddle

e)

harp

55.

This is a

a)

accordion

b)

uilleann pipe

c)

bodhran

d)

fiddle

e)

harp

56.

The uilleann pipe

a)

must to be seated for playing

b)

is very popular in parades

c)

has just one bagpipe drone

d)

all of them are true