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Ragtime to Jazz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the one ragtime composer we studied?

a)

BB King

b)

Jelly Roll Morton

c)

Scott Joplin

d)

Duke Ellington

2.

Ragtime mainly features this instrument:

a)

Harmonica

b)

Piano

c)

Trumpet

d)

Bottleneck Slide Guitar

3.

In Jazz, singing using nonsense syllables.

a)

scatting

b)

skating

c)

scanning

d)

scamming

4.

Type of rhythms found in jazz/ more than one rhythm.

a)

Monorhythm

b)

Polysyllablic

c)

Polyrhythm

d)

Polyphonic

5.

Trumpet player with a gravelly voice.

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Miles Davis

c)

Captain Kirk

d)

Kenny G

6.

The polyrhythms in jazz came from what country?

a)

Asia

b)

Austria

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

7.

Self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz."

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

Ella Fitzgerald

c)

George Gerschwin

d)

Jelly Roll Morton

8.

This inventor of jazz tried to imitate big band on the piano.

a)

Scott Joplin

b)

Jelly Roll Morton

c)

Buddy Bolden

d)

Gerald Lee

9.

Genre of music found in the Civil War ear:

a)

blues

b)

rock and roll

c)

jazz

d)

spirituals

10.

This word, or style of music, means "to be sad."

a)

Blues

b)

Gospel

c)

Reds

d)

Jazz

11.

What's your favorite style of music thus far?

a)

Spirituals

b)

Gospel

c)

Blues

d)

Jazz

12.

Jazz is played with straight, even beats.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

If you lived in the late 1800s, where might you find jazz music?

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

New Orleans

d)

Mississippi

14.

Delta Blues first started in this state:

a)

Ohio

b)

Illinois

c)

Alabama

d)

Mississippi

15.

The Great Migration led to this style of music:

a)

Delta Blues

b)

Chicago Blues

c)

New York Blues

d)

BeBop Blues

16.

Miss Piggy sang this Scott Joplin song on The Muppets:

a)

"Maple Leaf Rag"

b)

"Pineapple Rag"

c)

"The Entertainer"

d)

"The Cascades"

17.

We watched this Disney animated jazzy George Gerschwin piece in class:

a)

"Rhapsody in Blue"

b)

"Appalachian Spring"

c)

"The Muppets"

d)

"Spring Awakening"

18.

Spirituals evolved into this style of music:

a)

Gospel

b)

R & B

c)

Country

d)

Ragtime

19.

Who is this jazz singer?

a)

Billie Holiday

b)

Judy Garland

c)

Ella Fitzgerald

d)

Ma Rainey

20.

Who is this jazz pianist?

a)

Scott Joplin

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Miles Davis

d)

Jelly Roll Morton