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Jazz and Blues lesson 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Blues music grew out of...

a)

Work-songs and spirituals

b)

Classical Music

c)

Guitar Music

d)

Jazz

2.

The structure for a Blues song is...

a)

6 bars

b)

12 bars

c)

32 bars

d)

3 pages

3.

Which scale is the blues scale based on?

a)

Weighing Scales

b)

Dorian Mode

c)

G Major

d)

Minor Pentatonic

4.

A Common Harmony in Blues follows these chords

a)

I, IV, V, I

b)

G minor, C Major, A Major flat 15th

c)

I, II, III, IV

d)

I, V, I, I

5.

Which degree of the scale do you add to make a chord more 'jazzy'?

a)

7th

b)

3rd

c)

1st

d)

5th

6.

Syncopated rhythms emphasise the ???? beat

(a)  

7.

In Jazz, the main tune is often referred to as what?

a)

The Head

b)

The Hand

c)

The Brain

d)

The Voice

8.

Choose three instruments that are traditionally used in Jazz music

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

What is dissonance?

a)

Clashing notes in the harmony

b)

A lovely tune

c)

an ugly tune

d)

relaxing chords

10.

The first, fourth and fifth degrees of the scale are also called...

a)

Tonic, Subdominant, Dominant

b)

Low, Middle, Higher

c)

Super tonic, mediant, dominant

d)

Dominant, subdominant, leading note