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WorksheetsRagtime to Jazz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is the one ragtime composer we studied?
BB King
Jelly Roll Morton
Scott Joplin
Duke Ellington
Ragtime mainly features this instrument:
Harmonica
Piano
Trumpet
Bottleneck Slide Guitar
In Jazz, singing using nonsense syllables.
scatting
skating
scanning
scamming
Type of rhythms found in jazz/ more than one rhythm.
Monorhythm
Polysyllablic
Polyrhythm
Polyphonic
Trumpet player with a gravelly voice.
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis
Captain Kirk
Kenny G
The polyrhythms in jazz came from what country?
Asia
Austria
Australia
Africa
Self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz."
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
George Gerschwin
Jelly Roll Morton
This inventor of jazz tried to imitate big band on the piano.
Scott Joplin
Jelly Roll Morton
Buddy Bolden
Gerald Lee
Genre of music found in the Civil War ear:
blues
rock and roll
jazz
spirituals
This word, or style of music, means "to be sad."
Blues
Gospel
Reds
Jazz
What's your favorite style of music thus far?
Spirituals
Gospel
Blues
Jazz
Jazz is played with straight, even beats.
True
False
If you lived in the late 1800s, where might you find jazz music?
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Mississippi
Delta Blues first started in this state:
Ohio
Illinois
Alabama
Mississippi
The Great Migration led to this style of music:
Delta Blues
Chicago Blues
New York Blues
BeBop Blues
Miss Piggy sang this Scott Joplin song on The Muppets:
"Maple Leaf Rag"
"Pineapple Rag"
"The Entertainer"
"The Cascades"
We watched this Disney animated jazzy George Gerschwin piece in class:
"Rhapsody in Blue"
"Appalachian Spring"
"The Muppets"
"Spring Awakening"
Spirituals evolved into this style of music:
Gospel
R & B
Country
Ragtime
Who is this jazz singer?
Billie Holiday
Judy Garland
Ella Fitzgerald
Ma Rainey
Who is this jazz pianist?
Scott Joplin
Duke Ellington
Miles Davis
Jelly Roll Morton
