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Worksheetsyear 10 jazz music
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
the jazz minor scale uses the natural minor scale with which raised degrees?
fith and sixth
seventh and eighth
sixth and seventh
second and third
which of these are not modes
lydian
phrygian
dytonian
mixolydian
which mode was added later after the 16th century but is used raley
locrian
aeolian
lonian
expectopatronum
the swing and shuffle beats originated from which early american genre of music?
rock n roll
blues
traditional native music
bollywood
The characteristic shuffle rhythm is usually heard on the ride symbol and the___
snare drum
closed high hat
thump thump
timpani
When notes of a chord are arranged sequentially, the voicing or spacing is described as____
closed
open
empty
what is the name given to chords made of up intervals of a forth?
quartal voicings
tertial harmonys
perfect forths
In which voicing from, does each part moves in the same direction and by exactly the same interval.
simultaneous
parallel voicings
algebra
which genre of jazz often uses a lighter vocal quality
american
african
scatt
latin
the phrasing of the melodic lines in jazz is typically...
modified
syncopated
staccato
on beat
jazz lyrics are often decribed as
screamo
sad
jazzy
conversational
what notes are shorter than their written value, detached and played without an accent.
legato
staccato
tenuto
accented
gliss refers to...
sliding or gliding in pitch from one note to another
a vibrating or pulsating of the sound, which is used to add expression to the music. Generally speaking, it's regular in both pitch and oscillation
an extra note added as an embellishment and not essential to the harmony or melody.
notes played as smoothly as possible, with no space in between.
walking bass
running guitar
swimming cello
dying viola
what happnes when the bass stops playing the walking bass for short period of time what is the outcome.
the effect is not noticable
the effect is immediately noticeable.
no one cares cause they havent practiced enough to know the music
the bas player makes a joke and everyone laughs
in the early 1900s what brass instramnet was used rather than the trumpet and why.
the viola rather than the trumpet due to its awesomeness
cornet rather than the trumpet due to the cornet's widespread use in brass bands and popular music styles
cornet rather than the trumpet due to the cornet's ability to project further
A pedal point is created when a note is ____ over successive bars
sustained
cresendoed
(i cant spell)
decresendoed
atriculated
The chord progression for the model bossa nova bass line uses both __ and ___.
diatonic- non diatonic
dominate- sub dominate
1st- 3rd
paralell- non paralell
The jazz bass is usually played in the___register where it doesn't compete with the ranges of other instruments in the ensemble.
high
low
mediam
loud
the use of high registers are usually limited to when in a jazz peformance or song?
solos when other members of the ensemble sit out
whenever they want
its jazz who cares
when everyone is playing
These notes can also be useful for filling in harmonies or creating a contrasting timbre
harmonic notes
disonante
loud
low
what are some of the differances between double bass in jazz and orchestra
The strings on a bass used in a jazz setting may be set lower (closer to the fingerboard
jazz basses may be bigger than orchestral basses
A jazz performer may also use strings which are made for playing notes using pizzicato rather than notes which are bowed
how many basses may be used in a jazz ensemble
one
3
seven
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