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Jazz quiz 1

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first person to make Jazz music popular?

a)

Mattias Honer

b)

W.C. Handy

c)

B.B. King

d)

Murky Waters

2.

How many notes is the Blues Scale made of?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

7

d)

5

3.

How many chords does Blues Music usually contain?

a)

2 alternating chords

b)

4 alternating chords

c)

3 alternating chords

d)

the same chord that repeats

4.

What is the name of the most famous of W.C. Handy's Blues Songs?

a)

I've Got the Blues

b)

Blues Baby

c)

Blue Suede Shoes

d)

St. Louis Blues

5.

What kinds of songs did Blues Music Evolve from?

a)

Jazz and Pop

b)

Old Spirituals and work songs

c)

Classical and Renaissance

d)

Jazz and Soul

6.

How many measures are in a simple Blues song?

a)

12

b)

15

c)

4

d)

3

7.

How is a Blues Scale different from the Natural Scale?

a)

Blues Scales have 3 notes Natural scale has 8

b)

Blues Scales have 6 notes Natural Scale has 7

c)

Blues Scales have 6 notes Natural Scale has 8

d)

Blues Scale is the same as the Natural Scale

8.
Jazz grew out of.....
a)
the Southern US States
b)
the Northern US States
c)
the caribbean
d)
Mexico
9.
The Ragtime King.....
a)
John Coltrane
b)
Miles Davis
c)
Joe Williams
d)
Scott Joplin
10.
The blues grew out of.....
a)
swing music
b)
work songs and field hollers
c)
cool jazz
d)
classical music
11.
New Orleans is known as....
a)
the birthplace of the blues
b)
the birthplace of classical music
c)
the birthplace of jazz
d)
the
12.
Which of these facts is FALSE?
a)
New Orleans is known as the City of the Dead
b)
New Orleans special musical tradition is the Jazz funeral
c)
New Orleans jazz includes the sousaphone
d)
You won't find street musicians in New Orleans.
13.
Ella Fitzgerald is best known for....
a)
singing the blues
b)
scat singing
c)
playing the trumpet
d)
playing the piano
14.
Scat singing is......
a)
singing loudly
b)
singing with dynamics
c)
singing using made up nonsense syllables
d)
singing with a friend
15.
Louis Armstrong is best known for...
a)
his voice and trumpet playing
b)
his piano playing
c)
his saxophone playing
d)
his drum playing
16.
Duke Ellington led a big band and played what instrument?
a)
saxophone
b)
drums
c)
bass
d)
piano
17.
TRUE OR FALSE Bebop is usually very slow jazz.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
18.
Dizzy Gillespie is best known for his....
a)
shiny saxophone
b)
sousaphone
c)
bent trumpet
d)
drumset
19.
Charlie Parker played the....
a)
piano
b)
alto saxophone
c)
trumpet
d)
trombone
20.
Miles Davis was a trumpet player who is best known for his album.....
a)
Jazz Masters
b)
Chameleon
c)
Kind of Blue
d)
Every Day I have the Blues
21.
Stylistically, cool jazz is the opposite of bebop.  TRUE OR FALSE?
a)
FALSE
b)
TRUE
22.
John Coltrane played the....
a)
trumpet
b)
soprano sax and tenor sax
c)
trombone
d)
bass
23.
Tito Puente is known for what style of jazz?
a)
swing
b)
New Orleans Jazz
c)
Blues
d)
Latin
24.
Herbie Hancock is best known for what kind of jazz?
a)
Blues
b)
Cool Jazz
c)
Funk
d)
Bebop
25.

When did Jazz music originate in this country?

a)

About 200 years ago

b)

50 years ago

c)

A little over 100 years ago

d)

Jazz has existed for centuries

26.

The Americans who invented Jazz were of which ethnicity?

a)

African-American or Black American

b)

They were of Asian decent

c)

White people invented Jazz

d)

They were a mix of Hispanic and African-American

27.

What is Creole?

a)

Mexican

b)

African American

c)

A mix of Spanish and African decent

d)

A mix of Black and White

28.

Jazz developed from which musical genre?

a)

Classical Music

b)

Rock and Roll

c)

Blues

d)

Hip-Hop

29.

One of the most famous New Orleans Jazz artists was ______________?

a)

Kenny G

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Scott Joplin

d)

Jimmy Hendrix

e)

Kid Ory

30.

What is improvisation?

a)

When someone memorizes music and perform it.

b)

When someone plays along with other instruments.

c)

When someone makes up the music on the spot.

d)

Reading music.

31.
Who is the "King of Ragtime"?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Scott Joplin
c)
Duke Ellington
d)
Glenn Miller
32.
What was the main instrument used in ragtime? 
a)
Saxophone
b)
Trumpet
c)
Clarinet
d)
Piano

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