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Learning Jazz Standards

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Historically, how do musicians learn the jazz "language":

a)

Listening to it

b)

Reading notated music

c)

Transcribing it

d)

Downloading it

2.

Which of the following is NOT part of the LIST process?

a)

Listen

b)

Integrate

c)

Sing

d)

Transfer

3.

Which of the following is NOT part of the LIST process?

a)

Listen

b)

Internalize

c)

Sing

d)

Transcribe

4.

Which option seems to be the best choice as a listening method for learning music?

a)

Listen while you are asleep, so it sinks in

b)

Listen and try to play along as you do so

c)

Listen on a long drive

d)

Listen while looking at the notation

5.

The "L" in the LIST method stands for

a)

Look

b)

Learn

c)

Listen

d)

Lyrics

6.

Learning lyrics is important because they (more than one answer):

a)

are poetic

b)

are memorable

c)

tell the story

d)

explain the essence of the song

7.

In jazz, there is only one way to accurately play a standard.

a)

True. Listen to the composer perform it and copy it exactly.

b)

False. Even the composer often played the tune differently.

8.

Intentional Listening is

a)

Paying full attention to what you are hearing

b)

Listening without distractions

c)

A way to internalize music

d)

All of the answers are correct

9.

The "I" in LIST stands for

a)

Intentional Listening

b)

Internalize

c)

Integrate

d)

Idealize

10.

The "S" in LIST stands for

a)

Stare

b)

Simplify

c)

Sing

d)

Stylize

11.

The "Sing" portion of LIST helps because (answer all correct choices):

a)

Singing takes away the mechanical part of the process.

b)

Singing helps you focus on the melody.

c)

Singing accurately proves you've internalized the melody.

d)

Singing will improve as you do it more

12.

When making sure you know the "correct" melody for a standard, it's generally best to listen to a recording by:

a)

Nat King Cole

b)

Tony Bennett

c)

Michael Buble

d)

Frank Sinatra

13.

The "T" in LIST stands for:

a)

Tempo

b)

Trade

c)

Transfer

d)

Teach

14.

Before picking up your instrument to play a standard, the LIST method claims you should (more than one answer):

a)

Be familiar with the song

b)

Know the melody

c)

Have notated music

d)

Have a grasp on chord changes

15.

Transfer is when

a)

you transfer the melody through the instrument

b)

you transfer the music from paper into sound

c)

you transfer the chords you hear to paper

d)

you transfer the chordal movement to paper

16.

The Bonus step to the LIST process is

a)

Analyze

b)

Conceptualize

c)

Improvise

d)

Study