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A music quiz to review for the 8th grade Jazz Test. :)
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1
What is the Second line of the 12 bar blues?
Clarinets, Saxophones, Flutes
Stating your problem
How to fix your problem
Why you have a problem
2
When was New Orleans Jazz born?
1889
1976
1776
1900
3
The Latin-Jazz movement blended what two musical styles?
Creole and African Jazz
French and Spanish Jazz
African and Cuban Jazz
Blues and Ragtime
4
What was another one of the reasons for the growing interest in bebop?
Tax on Tea
Music Performance Tax
Soda Tax
Entertainment Tax
5
What was one of the reasons for the growing interest in bebop?
World War 2
The Vietnam War
World War 1
The Civil War
6
What kind of jazz thrives on sharp syncopation and fast tempos?
Hot Jazz
All Jazz
Cool Jazz
Smooth Jazz
7
What is the most common way that musicians converse in jazz?
Jazz and Music
Blues and Ragtime
Call and Response
Improvisation and Scat
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What is the final reason for the growing interest in bebop?
Strike against wars
Strike against schools
Strike against department stores
Strike against recording studios
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What kind of jazz thrives on intensity, sharp syncopation, and fast tempos?
Ragtime
Cool Jazz
Bebop
Blues
10
What is it called when singers pronounce each word clearly?
diction
scat singing
dictation
singing
11
What does it mean to use Accents in music?
You sing in a foreign language.
Its a short, repeated musical phrase.
You emphasize a beat or series of beats.
Its the tune of the song.
12
What major event in American history sparked the musical movement of the blues?
WWII
9/11
The Great Depression
The Titanic Sinking
13
A ______________ is a written piece of music.
Composition
Compilation
Sheet of Music
Score
14
What 3 cultures melded together to create the genre of Jazz?
Spanish, Creole, German
African, French, Spanish
French, African, Creole
African, French, Latin American
15
What did early jazz instrumentalists try to imitate?
Other instruments
Musical Ideas
the human voice
16
What cities are known for their jazz music?
New Orleans, New York, Chicago
Chicago, New Orleans, Houston
Detroit, New Orleans, Memphis
Houston, New York, Chicago
17
Who were considered the fathers of bebop?
Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong
Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong
18
Define Tempo
A slow march played during a funeral procession.
A musical conversation
How fast or slow a song is
The interaction of rhythms to form a pattern.
19
What kind of dance became our national dance in the 30’s?
Jazz
Salsa
Tap
Swing
20
What is scat singing?
singing random words because you forgot the real ones
singing about cats
singing on nonsense syllables
21
Who was most well-known for scat singing?
Charlie Parker
Miles Davis
Louis Armstrong
22
What type of music was a musical response to the experiences of African Americans in the south?
Bebop
Blues
Swing
Jazz
23
The blues is often played in what form?
16 bar
6 bar
8 bar
12 bar
24
What instrument did Miles Davis play?
Keyboard
Piano
Trumpet
Saxophone
25
What is the Third line of the 12 bar blues?
Clarinets, Saxophones, Flutes
Why you have a problem
Stating your problem
How to fix your problem
26
What region of the United States were most jazz musicians born?
East
South
North
West
27
What is a Dirge?
Accenting a series of beats
A slow march played at a funeral
A tune; a pattern of notes that form a musical statement.
The division of music into a consistent number of beats.
28
Why was Edward Kennedy Ellington given the nickname “Duke”?
he was really handsome
his regal style
his amazing trumpet playing
people were jealous of him
29
In the 30’s, what was the center of family entertainment?
X-Box
TV
Piano
Drums
30
What is Syncopation?
A rhythmic accent on an unexpected beat
The instruments that provide the rhythmic structure in music
An established pause in the music
A rhythmic accent on an expected beat
31
Why was Edward Ellington given the nickname "Duke"?
because he went to Duke University
because he was a great musician
because he was really fancy
because he was old
32
What are two good techniques of improvisation?
Polyphony and Jazz
Dixieland and Blues
Groove and Improvisation
Groove and Polyphony
33
Rhythm is...
A slight, yet often rapid, fluctuation of pitch.
The interaction of rhythms to form a pattern.
The basic rhythm of New Orleans music.
The organized motion of sounds and rests.
34
What is the first line of the 12 bar blues?
Why you have a problem
How to fix your problem
Stating your problem
Clarinets, Saxophones, Flutes
35
What was John Phillip Sousa's Band called?
The Jazz Masters
Sousa's Band
John Phillip Sousa's Band
John's Band
