WorksheetsJazz Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is Jazz?
Jazz is a kind of music in which improvisation is typically an important part.
Jazz is a kind of music in which is typically an important part of American culture.
Jazz is a kind of music in which Duple Meter is typically an important part.
What American city did Jazz become popular?
Atlanta, GA
Jackson, MI
New Orleans, LA
Who was the "Father of Bebop"?
Dizzy Gillespie
Charlie Parker
Miles Davis
Where was Bossa Nova born?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Havana, Cuba
New Orleans, LA
What is a Clave?
Percussion instrument, a pair of cylindrical hardwood sticks when struck together they produce a sharp ringing sound.
Percussion instrument, a pair of cylindrical hardwood sticks used to hit a drum
Percussion instrument, a pair of cylindrical hardwood sticks made for hitting cymbals
What's the smallest mount of people that can be in a Jazz Combo?
5
4
2
Blues was started in what part of the USA?
East Coast
Northern USA
Deep South
What is a Jam Session?
When musicians get together to play instruments
When a preformance doesn't go well
When the audio of a song is "jammed"
When was the Swing Era?
1920s- 1930s
1930s- 1940s
1960s- 1970s
Latin Jazz is split between what 2 sub genres?
Afro- Cuban & Afro Brazillian
Afro- Cuban & Afro- Swing
Afro- Cuban- & Afro- Bebop
What was a reason Bebop was created?
People wanted faster music
All swing songs started to sound the same
Charlie Parker got embarrassed by Dizzy Gillespie
Bebop players usually
Played in Big Bands
Played in small Jazz Combos
Played only solo with piano accompaniment
This Genre of Jazz was created for you to dance to
Bebop
Dixieland
Swing
Black communities in the south continued the tradition of musical expression by performing in small shacks all around the Delta called
Juke Joints
Dance Clubs
Big Houses
What is Sharecropping?
A type of farming in which families pay the landowner by working for free
A type of farming in which landowners hire former slaves to work on their land for minimum wage
A type of farming in which families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop
Blues is known for kick starting what genre in Europe?
Gospel
Rock & Roll
Country
What is the rhythm called that originated in New Orleans Dixieland music?
The Big 8
The Big 4
The Big 5
What are the horns job when playing Dixieland music?
Collective Improvisation
Collective Harmonies
Collective Rhythms
What is Triple Meter?
Is a musical meter characterized by a primary division of 3 beats to the bar
Is a musical meter characterized by a primary division of 6 beats to the bar
Is a musical meter characterized by a primary division of 9 beats to the bar
What is Duple Meter?
Is a musical meter characterized by a primary division of 4 beats to the bar
Is a musical meter characterized by a primary division of 8 beats to the bar
Is a musical meter characterized by a primary division of 2 beats to the bar
What does "Bossa Nova" mean?
New wave
Smooth sound
Sound of Brazil
Most of the lyrics in Bossa Nova are about
Nature and love
Dance and entertainment
Heartbreak and sadness
Who was the saxophone player that helped take Bossa Nova worldwide?
Stan Getz
Steven Verdi
John Coltrane
What is a Tresillo?
Rhythm used in European music
Rhythm used in Latin- American music
Rhythm used in African- American music
