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Desmond Quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the title of this jazz piece we are studying?

a)

Take 3

b)

Take 5

c)

Bake 3

d)

Make 8

2.

Where is Desmond from?

a)

San Francisco, CA

b)

New York, NY

c)

Tuscaloosa, AL

d)

London, England

3.

What instrument did Desmond start playing

a)

Piano

b)

Trumpet

c)

Tuba

d)

Clarinet

4.

Desmond was in the US Army.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Take 5 is in a complex meter.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Take 5 gets its name from its time signature (5/9)

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Improvisation is

a)

a type of food

b)

creating music spontaneously to fit a rhythmic structure

c)

creating music in advance to fit a rhythmic structure

8.

Meter is

a)

The grouping of beats in a regular pattern that helps music move through time

b)

a measurement of music

c)

a ruler

d)

a yard

9.

In jazz music, what is the head?

a)

the main theme of a piece of music (top)

b)

the end of song

c)

the solos

d)

the vamp

10.

What century is this composer from?

a)

20th

b)

21st

c)

22nd

d)

17th

11.

How did Desmond earn his first job with Dave Brubeck, a famous American pianist and bandleader?

a)

He cooked him dinner for a week.

b)

He begged and offered to baby sit Brubeck's three children.

c)

He begged and washed Brubeck's car

d)

He never earned the gig.