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Jazz Quiz

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are jazz musicians referring to when they talk about their "chops"?

a)

What are they ate for dinner

b)

Their technique

c)

Their teeth

d)

The chorus of a tune

2.

What is a lick?

a)

A section of tune usually played between the head and the solos.

b)

The way you eat an ice cream.

c)

The main riff of the tune.

d)

An improvised phrase that has entered the everyday language of jazz and often describes a musicians signature phrase.

3.

'Lay back' refers to?

a)

Recline on your day bed.

b)

Don't play.

c)

Play on the back side of the beat.

d)

When the music is rhythmically in the groove.

4.

A fake book is (more than one answer)?

a)

A book so-called because improvising used to be called "faking"

b)

Similar to the Real Book.

c)

A book that is not real.

d)

A book of standards and jazz originals usually consisting of just the melody and chord symbols

5.

What is a jazz musician doing when he has a gig?

a)

A dance.

b)

A job.

c)

Catching frogs.

d)

Practicing his or her instrument.

6.

What is stop time

a)

There is no time signature.

b)

The tempo changes.

c)

During a solo, the rhythm section only plays on the 1st beat of every 2 or 4 bars.

d)

A solo section, where on a soloists cue, the entire rhythm section stops playing.

7.

What is a musician doing when he says he is 'going into the woodshed'?

a)

He/she is going to hang out with friend in the back garden shed.

b)

He/she is going to chop wood.

c)

He/she is going to shut away from world and practice long and hard.

d)

He/she is into the groove.

8.

What was Duke Ellington's primary instrument?

a)

Drumset

b)

Trumpet

c)

Saxophone

d)

Piano

9.

What is the 'head' (more than one answer)?

a)

A riff.

b)

The first time through the melody before the solos.

c)

The main melody and changes of the tune.

d)

An improvised phrase.

10.

What is a 'riff'?

a)

Repeated horn figure, often played behind the solo.

b)

Repeated drum feel.

c)

Repeated chord changes.

d)

An improvised section at the end of the out chorus, often repeated.

11.

What is meant by 'in the pocket'?

a)

A different name for the Basie tune 'Corner Pocket'

b)

No introduction.

c)

An introductary section before the tune is played.

d)

When the music in rhythmically in the groove.

12.

Playing 'outside' means:

a)

Playing in the outdoors.

b)

Playing the notes in the chords changes.

c)

Playing notes not in the chord changes.

d)

Playing wrong notes.

13.

'Sitting in' refers to:

a)

Musicians who play in their regular band.

b)

A musician playing with band members they don't know.

c)

A musician who is always late for rehearsal then sits down.

d)

Playing in the groove.

14.

To 'take it out' means to :

a)

Play the solo for more choruses.

b)

Play the head for the last time.

c)

Play louder and louder until the end.

d)

Take the music outside and learn away from others until you can play your part correctly.

15.

Who is 'Trane (First and Last Name)?

(a)  

16.

Who is Dizzy (First and Last Name)?

(a)  

17.

Who is Bird (First and Last Name)?

(a)  

18.

Describe kicks?

a)

Cool lines

b)

Specific rhythmic hits played by rhythm section.

c)

The excitement of playing well.

d)

Part of the drum kit.

19.

'Up' refers to

a)

A movie about balloons.

b)

Fast tempo

c)

Play a note higher.

d)

Moderate tempo.

20.

If you are soloing and someone twirls the air with a finger, they're telling you...

a)

Take another head

b)

You're Number One

c)

You are crazy

d)

Wrap it up

21.
What do jazz musicians do for a majority of their songs?
a)
Play the same thing over and over
b)
improvise/improvisation
c)
play memorized solos
22.

Which city was considered the birthplace of jazz music?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Pittsburgh

c)

West Sunbury

d)

London

23.

What size of band did Dixieland usually feature?

a)

Small Combo

b)

Big Band

c)

Full Orchestra

d)

String Quartet

24.
Where did Jazz originate?
a)
New Hampshire
b)
New York
c)
Memphis
d)
New Orleans
25.
The first Jazz genre was...
a)
Dixieland
b)
Blues
c)
Swing
26.

What is New Orleans Jazz also known as?

a)

Dixieland

b)

Swing Jazz

c)

Bebop

d)

Ragtime

27.

Name this Instrument

a)

Saxophone

b)

Trombone

c)

Clarinet

d)

Xylophone

28.

New Orleans is located in which state:

a)

Alabama

b)

Arkansas

c)

Lousiana

d)

Mississippi

29.

Louis Armstrong was famous for playing the...

a)

Saxophone

b)

Sousaphone

c)

Clarinet

d)

Trumpet

30.
What does improvisation mean? 
a)
Come up with it as you go
b)
Play without notation
c)
Both
31.

A part of New Orleans that had too many disreputable establishments

a)

Chinatown

b)

Storyville

c)

Candy Land

d)

New York City

32.

When did jazz music begin?

a)

Jamaica

b)

United States

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

33.

Some of the types of jazz include?

a)

hip hop and RnB

b)

Ragtime and blues

c)

Rap and country

d)

cah cha and fox trot

34.

Jazz music was syncopated which means

a)

Music doesn't vary

b)

Music is played softly

c)

Music is played structurally

d)

Music is played off beat

35.
Jazz grew out of.....
a)
the Southern US States
b)
the Northern US States
c)
the caribbean
d)
Mexico
36.
The Ragtime King.....
a)
John Coltrane
b)
Miles Davis
c)
Joe Williams
d)
Scott Joplin
37.
The blues grew out of.....
a)
swing music
b)
work songs and field hollers
c)
cool jazz
d)
classical music
38.
Ella Fitzgerald is best known for....
a)
singing the blues
b)
scat singing
c)
playing the trumpet
d)
playing the piano
39.
Louis Armstrong is best known for...
a)
his voice and trumpet playing
b)
his piano playing
c)
his saxophone playing
d)
his drum playing
40.
TRUE OR FALSE Bebop is usually very slow jazz.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
41.
Dizzy Gillespie is best known for his....
a)
shiny saxophone
b)
sousaphone
c)
bent trumpet
d)
drumset
42.
Charlie Parker played the....
a)
piano
b)
alto saxophone
c)
trumpet
d)
trombone
43.
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
44.
Stylistically, cool jazz is the opposite of bebop.  TRUE OR FALSE?
a)
FALSE
b)
TRUE
45.
John Coltrane played the....
a)
trumpet
b)
soprano sax and tenor sax
c)
trombone
d)
bass
46.
Tito Puente is known for what style of jazz?
a)
swing
b)
New Orleans Jazz
c)
Blues
d)
Latin
47.
Herbie Hancock is best known for what kind of jazz?
a)
Blues
b)
Cool Jazz
c)
Funk
d)
Bebop
48.
Who played trumpet and wrote the song, "So What"?
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Miles Davis
c)
Ella Fitzgerald
d)
Big Bird
49.
"C Jam Blues" and "It Don't Mean a Thing" were songs written by jazz pianist Duke Ellington, who's real name was:
a)
John Adams Ellington
b)
George Franklin Ellington
c)
Nicholas H. Ellington
d)
Edward Kennedy Ellington
50.
In jazz music, singing nonsense syllables in rhythm with the music is called:
a)
scat singing
b)
improvising
c)
solo
d)
a capella
51.
Improvisation means:
a)
to tell a joke
b)
to make something from scratch
c)
to start again at the beginning
d)
to make it up as you go
52.
What is this jazz musician using?
a)
a bowl mute
b)
a trombone
c)
Jedi powers
d)
a plunger mute
53.
What instrument is this?
a)
Xylophone
b)
Trumpet
c)
Saxophone
d)
Trombone
54.
What are some styles of jazz music?
a)
Ragtime
b)
Blues
c)
Be-bop
d)
all of the above
55.

Who was the first person to make Jazz music popular?

a)

Mattias Honer

b)

W.C. Handy

c)

B.B. King

d)

Murky Waters

56.

How many notes is the Blues Scale made of?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

7

d)

5

57.

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

58.

How many measures are in a simple Blues song?

a)

12

b)

15

c)

4

d)

3

59.

Tempo is the ____________

a)

Speed of the beat.

b)

How loud the song is.

c)

How soft the song is.

d)

A Chorale.

60.

Dynamically, mf means ____________.

a)

musician's friend

b)

moderately loud

c)

moderately fast

d)

moderately slow

61.

In music, what does "ff" mean?

a)

free form

b)

fortissimo

c)

forte forte

d)

free food

62.

A staff has ___ lines and ___ spaces.

a)

1, 2

b)

6, 5

c)

5, 4

d)

4, 5

63.

Another name for the G- Clef is called the __________ clef.

a)

Treble

b)

Bass

c)

Good

d)

Girl

64.

Bass Clef is also called the _____ Clef.

a)

Boy

b)

Weird

c)

F

d)

G

65.

List 5 woodwind instruments.

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