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Genres of Music - Jazz vs Classical
Genres of Music - Jazz vs Classical
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1
Improvisation allowed the performers...
no room for expression of feelings.
room to express their own emotions and ideas.
room to express the composer's emotions and ideas.
2
The melody of "Sugar Rum Cherry" is...
always played as written.
sometimes played as written and sometimes improvised.
improvised by everyone in the band.
3
"Sugar Rum Cherry" was composed by...
Duke Ellington.
Billy Strayhorn.
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
Louis Armstrong.
4
Which musical characteristics/elements are typical in jazz music?
Straight rhythms, improvisation and pentatonic scale
Straight rhythms, only playing what is written and blues scale
Swung rhythms, improvisation and blues scale
Swung rhythms, only playing what is written and pentatonic scale
5
Swung rhythms were used in jazz because...
they weren't good musicians and couldn't play straight even sounds.
they felt like it.
the looser rhythm felt more free.
6
The main group of people responsible for the creation of jazz music was...
Americans
African Americans
Asian Americans
Latin American
7
Jazz music was made ONLY from African American slave songs, field songs, spirituals and the rhythms of West Africa.
False
True
8
The GENRES we have been learning about this term are...
Classical and Jazz
Classical music only
Contemporary and Jazz
Classical and Contemporary
9
The blues scale was used in jazz because...
the scale has a happy/joyful sound to help express feelings of delight.
the scale has a sad/melancholy sound to help express feelings of hardship.
they didn't know any other scales.
10
The genre of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is classical.
True
False
11
The genre of "Sugar Rum Cherry" is classical.
True
False
12
The ensemble that plays "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" is...
a symphony orchestra.
a string quartet.
a jazz band.
a symphony orchestra, but without percussion or brass.
13
Improvisation in jazz is...
playing what is written on the page.
making up a melody on the spot.
14
The event that resulted in slavery being abolished (gotten rid of) was...
World War 2
Australian Emu War
American Civil War
World War 1
15
The rhythms of "Sugar Rum Cherry" are performed...
straight.
swung.
16
The ensemble that plays "Sugar Rum Cherry" is...
a saxophone quartet.
a jazz orchestra.
a symphony orchestra.
a jazz band.
17
New Orleans is often considered the birth place of jazz.
True
False
18
The best genre is...
classical.
contemporary.
jazz.
19
The performers frequently improvise the melody in "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy".
True
False
20
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" was composed by...
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
21
The rhythms for "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" are performed...
straight.
swung.
22
The blues scale is...
the same as a pentatonic scale.
a series of 6 notes similar to a minor pentatonic scale.
23
Listen to the rhythm below.... Is it performed straight or swung?
Swung
Straight
