WorksheetsEarly Jazz - Music Apprciation
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Where did jazz originate?
Detroit, MI
New Orleans, LA
Los Angeles, CA
Mount Pleasant, MI
Jazz music was influenced by the music of this place.
Soviet Union
South America
Which is NOT a member of a jazz rhythm section?
Ukulele
Bass
Drums
Piano
What are the two major ingredients for jazz?
Rock and Country
R&B
Blues and Ragtime
Ragtime and Swing
What form of music originated in the Mississippi Delta?
Soul
Blues
Jazz
Ragtime
How did the blues begin?
Extension of European traditions.
People starting picking up instruments.
Extension of African traditions.
People began playing exciting, fast music.
Ragtime is mostly played on which instrument?
Piano
Clarinet
Trumpet
Banjo
What style of music is "An American style of music?"
Classical
Jazz
Rock and Roll
African drumming
Where did Dixieland originate?
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
New Orleans
What are the two main characteristics of jazz?
Blues and Dixieland
Piano and Guitar
Syncopation and improvisation
Improvisation and pitch bending
Who is the most famous Ragtime composer?
Louis Armstrong
King Oliver
Scott Joplin
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
What is the difference between Ragtime and Jazz?
Jazz has more instruments in the band.
Ragtime was written down and jazz was improvised.
Ragtime is played by a saxophonist.
Jazz was was played by a saxophonist.
This style of music was originally performed by African-American musicians and composers.
Blues
Jazz
Both
