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Jazz Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________ is a style of American music that originated in New Orleans around the late 1800's characterized by strong meter, improvisation and syncopated rhythmic patters

a)

Jazz

b)

R&B

c)

Rock & Roll

d)

Country

2.

___________ is a genre of musical composition for the piano, generally in duple meter and containing a highly syncopated treble lead over a rhythmically steady bass.

a)

Bebop

b)

Big Band

c)

Blues

d)

Dixieland

e)

Ragtime

3.

_____________ is to "play or sing music, by inventing variations on a melody or creating new melodies, rhythms and harmonies while performing.

a)

Improvisation

b)

Syncopation

c)

Swing

d)

Scat

4.

___________ is a form of jazz that comes from the emphasis on the off–beat, or weaker pulse.

a)

Improvisation

b)

Syncopation

c)

Swing

d)

Scat

5.

___________ is the displacement of the beat from its regular and assumed course of meter.

a)

Improvisation

b)

Syncopation

c)

Swing

d)

Scat

6.

___________ is a style of jazz, originating in New Orleans, played by a small group of instruments similar to a marching band including trumpet, trombone, clarinet, tuba, piano, and drums.

a)

Bebop

b)

Big Band

c)

Blues

d)

Dixieland

e)

Ragtime

7.

___________ is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s which features compositions characterized by a fast tempo, complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales and occasional references to the melody.

 

a)

Bebop

b)

Big Band

c)

Blues

d)

Dixieland

e)

Ragtime

8.

__________ is a type of music that originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s by African-Americans from roots in African-American work songs, and spirituals.

a)

Bebop

b)

Big Band

c)

Blues

d)

Dixieland

e)

Jazz Fusion

9.

__________ is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.

a)

Bebop

b)

Big Band

c)

Blues

d)

Dixieland

e)

Jazz Fusion

10.

__________ is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues.

a)

Bebop

b)

Big Band

c)

Blues

d)

Dixieland

e)

Jazz Fusion