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WorksheetsJazz Quiz
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
What are jazz musicians referring to when they talk about their "chops"?
What are they ate for dinner
Their technique
Their teeth
The chorus of a tune
What is a lick?
A section of tune usually played between the head and the solos.
The way you eat an ice cream.
The main riff of the tune.
An improvised phrase that has entered the everyday language of jazz and often describes a musicians signature phrase.
'Lay back' refers to?
Recline on your day bed.
Don't play.
Play on the back side of the beat.
When the music is rhythmically in the groove.
A fake book is (more than one answer)?
A book so-called because improvising used to be called "faking"
Similar to the Real Book.
A book that is not real.
A book of standards and jazz originals usually consisting of just the melody and chord symbols
What is a jazz musician doing when he has a gig?
A dance.
A job.
Catching frogs.
Practicing his or her instrument.
What is stop time
There is no time signature.
The tempo changes.
During a solo, the rhythm section only plays on the 1st beat of every 2 or 4 bars.
A solo section, where on a soloists cue, the entire rhythm section stops playing.
What is a musician doing when he says he is 'going into the woodshed'?
He/she is going to hang out with friend in the back garden shed.
He/she is going to chop wood.
He/she is going to shut away from world and practice long and hard.
He/she is into the groove.
What was Duke Ellington's primary instrument?
Drumset
Trumpet
Saxophone
Piano
What is the 'head' (more than one answer)?
A riff.
The first time through the melody before the solos.
The main melody and changes of the tune.
An improvised phrase.
What is a 'riff'?
Repeated horn figure, often played behind the solo.
Repeated drum feel.
Repeated chord changes.
An improvised section at the end of the out chorus, often repeated.
What is meant by 'in the pocket'?
A different name for the Basie tune 'Corner Pocket'
No introduction.
An introductary section before the tune is played.
When the music in rhythmically in the groove.
Playing 'outside' means:
Playing in the outdoors.
Playing the notes in the chords changes.
Playing notes not in the chord changes.
Playing wrong notes.
'Sitting in' refers to:
Musicians who play in their regular band.
A musician playing with band members they don't know.
A musician who is always late for rehearsal then sits down.
Playing in the groove.
To 'take it out' means to :
Play the solo for more choruses.
Play the head for the last time.
Play louder and louder until the end.
Take the music outside and learn away from others until you can play your part correctly.
Who is 'Trane (First and Last Name)?
(a)
Who is Dizzy (First and Last Name)?
(a)
Who is Bird (First and Last Name)?
(a)
Describe kicks?
Cool lines
Specific rhythmic hits played by rhythm section.
The excitement of playing well.
Part of the drum kit.
'Up' refers to
A movie about balloons.
Fast tempo
Play a note higher.
Moderate tempo.
If you are soloing and someone twirls the air with a finger, they're telling you...
Take another head
You're Number One
You are crazy
Wrap it up
Which city was considered the birthplace of jazz music?
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
West Sunbury
London
What size of band did Dixieland usually feature?
Small Combo
Big Band
Full Orchestra
String Quartet
What is New Orleans Jazz also known as?
Dixieland
Swing Jazz
Bebop
Ragtime
Name this Instrument
Saxophone
Trombone
Clarinet
Xylophone
New Orleans is located in which state:
Alabama
Arkansas
Lousiana
Mississippi
Louis Armstrong was famous for playing the...
Saxophone
Sousaphone
Clarinet
Trumpet
A part of New Orleans that had too many disreputable establishments
Chinatown
Storyville
Candy Land
New York City
When did jazz music begin?
Jamaica
United States
Asia
Africa
Some of the types of jazz include?
hip hop and RnB
Ragtime and blues
Rap and country
cah cha and fox trot
Jazz music was syncopated which means
Music doesn't vary
Music is played softly
Music is played structurally
Music is played off beat
Who was the first person to make Jazz music popular?
Mattias Honer
W.C. Handy
B.B. King
Murky Waters
How many notes is the Blues Scale made of?
6
8
7
5
What is the name of the most famous of W.C. Handy's Blues Songs?
I've Got the Blues
Blues Baby
Blue Suede Shoes
St. Louis Blues
How many measures are in a simple Blues song?
12
15
4
3
Tempo is the ____________
Speed of the beat.
How loud the song is.
How soft the song is.
A Chorale.
Dynamically, mf means ____________.
musician's friend
moderately loud
moderately fast
moderately slow
In music, what does "ff" mean?
free form
fortissimo
forte forte
free food
A staff has ___ lines and ___ spaces.
1, 2
6, 5
5, 4
4, 5
Another name for the G- Clef is called the __________ clef.
Treble
Bass
Good
Girl
Bass Clef is also called the _____ Clef.
Boy
Weird
F
G
List 5 woodwind instruments.
