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WorksheetsLearning Jazz Standards
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Historically, how do musicians learn the jazz "language":
Listening to it
Reading notated music
Transcribing it
Downloading it
Which of the following is NOT part of the LIST process?
Listen
Integrate
Sing
Transfer
Which of the following is NOT part of the LIST process?
Listen
Internalize
Sing
Transcribe
Which option seems to be the best choice as a listening method for learning music?
Listen while you are asleep, so it sinks in
Listen and try to play along as you do so
Listen on a long drive
Listen while looking at the notation
The "L" in the LIST method stands for
Look
Learn
Listen
Lyrics
Learning lyrics is important because they (more than one answer):
are poetic
are memorable
tell the story
explain the essence of the song
In jazz, there is only one way to accurately play a standard.
True. Listen to the composer perform it and copy it exactly.
False. Even the composer often played the tune differently.
Intentional Listening is
Paying full attention to what you are hearing
Listening without distractions
A way to internalize music
All of the answers are correct
The "I" in LIST stands for
Intentional Listening
Internalize
Integrate
Idealize
The "S" in LIST stands for
Stare
Simplify
Sing
Stylize
The "Sing" portion of LIST helps because (answer all correct choices):
Singing takes away the mechanical part of the process.
Singing helps you focus on the melody.
Singing accurately proves you've internalized the melody.
Singing will improve as you do it more
When making sure you know the "correct" melody for a standard, it's generally best to listen to a recording by:
Nat King Cole
Tony Bennett
Michael Buble
Frank Sinatra
The "T" in LIST stands for:
Tempo
Trade
Transfer
Teach
Before picking up your instrument to play a standard, the LIST method claims you should (more than one answer):
Be familiar with the song
Know the melody
Have notated music
Have a grasp on chord changes
Transfer is when
you transfer the melody through the instrument
you transfer the music from paper into sound
you transfer the chords you hear to paper
you transfer the chordal movement to paper
The Bonus step to the LIST process is
Analyze
Conceptualize
Improvise
Study
