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Early Jazz - Music Apprciation

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did jazz originate?

a)

Detroit, MI

b)

New Orleans, LA

c)

Los Angeles, CA

d)

Mount Pleasant, MI

2.

Jazz music was influenced by the music of this place.

a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)

Soviet Union

d)

South America

3.

Which is NOT a member of a jazz rhythm section?

a)

Ukulele

b)

Bass

c)

Drums

d)

Piano

4.

What are the two major ingredients for jazz?

a)

Rock and Country

b)

R&B

c)

Blues and Ragtime

d)

Ragtime and Swing

5.

What form of music originated in the Mississippi Delta?

a)

Soul

b)

Blues

c)

Jazz

d)

Ragtime

6.

How did the blues begin?

a)

Extension of European traditions.

b)

People starting picking up instruments.

c)

Extension of African traditions.

d)

People began playing exciting, fast music.

7.

Ragtime is mostly played on which instrument?

a)

Piano

b)

Clarinet

c)

Trumpet

d)

Banjo

8.

What style of music is "An American style of music?"

a)

Classical

b)

Jazz

c)

Rock and Roll

d)

African drumming

9.

Where did Dixieland originate?

a)

Chicago

b)

St. Louis

c)

Kansas City

d)

New Orleans

10.

What are the two main characteristics of jazz?

a)

Blues and Dixieland

b)

Piano and Guitar

c)

Syncopation and improvisation

d)

Improvisation and pitch bending

11.

Who is the most famous Ragtime composer?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

King Oliver

c)

Scott Joplin

d)

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

12.

What is the difference between Ragtime and Jazz?

a)

Jazz has more instruments in the band.

b)

Ragtime was written down and jazz was improvised.

c)

Ragtime is played by a saxophonist.

d)

Jazz was was played by a saxophonist.

13.

This style of music was originally performed by African-American musicians and composers.

a)

Blues

b)

Jazz

c)

Both