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Jazz Workshop Review Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these countries' cultures does Jazz NOT borrow from?

a)

France

b)

Africa

c)

Spain

d)

Ukraine

2.

Which American city is the birthplace of Jazz?

a)

New Orleans, LA

b)

Laurens, SC

c)

Miami, FL

d)

San Francisco, CA

3.

Check all of the following that are important traits of Jazz music

a)

Call and Response

b)

Scat Singing

c)

Improvisation

d)

Rapping solos

4.

A musical conversation in Jazz is called

a)

Syncopation

b)

Swing

c)

Call and Response

d)

None of the above

5.

Which country and culture is Call and Response in Jazz borrowed from?

a)

Germany

b)

Africa

c)

Canada

d)

France

6.

What is improvisation?

a)

Creating music on the spot

b)

A musical question

c)

A Jazz dance

d)

None of the above

7.

True or False:

An example of improvisation is performing music exactly as it is written on a sheet of music.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The style of singing in Jazz that uses nonsense syllables (made up words) is called...

a)

Opera Singing

b)

Dixieland

c)

Scat singing

d)

Bebop

9.

What is the purpose of scat singing?

a)

To sound like an animal

b)

To make as many weird sounds as possible

c)

To make the audience laugh

d)

To sound like the instruments of the Jazz band

10.

True or False:

You can use some of the same instruments in both a Jazz band and a classical orchestra

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which instrument is NOT usually found in a Jazz band?

a)

Saxophone

b)

Harp

c)

Trumpet

d)

String Bass

12.

Which two instruments are the glue that keeps the band together?

a)

Trumpet and Trombone

b)

Flute and Clarinet

c)

String Bass and Drums

d)

Tuba and Piano

13.

True or False:

Soloists can listen to the string bass and the drums to know when to rejoin the band after performing a long solo.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Select the instruments in a Jazz band that are part of the brass family

a)

Piano

b)

String Bass

c)

Trombone

d)

Trumpet

15.

What time period was Jazz created in?

a)

Early 1700's

b)

Late 2000's

c)

Early 1900's

d)

None of the above

16.

What is syncopation in Jazz?

a)

Playing off of the beat

b)

Not practicing the music before performing

c)

A type of singing in Jazz

d)

A Jazz dance craze

17.

Check all of the following that are a type of Jazz style

a)

Bebop

b)

Swing

c)

Punk

d)

Dixieland