Unit 3 Review

What kind of music did George Gershwin not write?

Wrote many "hit" songs, but was not a performer.

A_____________is a short, showy tune, usually written for brass, played to honor important.

What era did Bebop become popular?

Pianist and bandleader who perfected Dixieland jazz.

Harmonies built on the first, fourth, and fifth scale degress are called __________ chords.

Composed "I'm Gonna Sing Til the Spirit Moves in My Heart"

A low female voice with a rich quality.

What is the term for a connective part of a composition?

The clarinet replaced the saxophone as the favored reed instrument in jazz.

Composed "Applacian Spring"

A genre of African American music that often expresses frustration, sadness, and longing is The Blues.

A crossover singer can sing classical or pop music.

Aaron Copland wrote his music to sound like it was from America.

What was George Gershwin's most ambitious work?

Composed Rhapsody in Blue.

The layer in music that means one sound.

Changing the key in a piece of music.

Used synthesizer's and odd elements in her music.

"Stride" piano is an example of smooth jazz.

The craft of putting together sounds to create a musical work.

The Jazz Age was what era?

Bebop was written for dancing.

The lowest male voice.

Jazz music started in Chicago.

What term means a measure or two where everyone stops playing except the soloist?

Duke Ellington wrote more music than anyone in history.

Many Women gained acceptance as jazz musicians during the Big Band era.

What is known as a form of vocal improvisation on nonsense syllables?

What term refers to a complex and sophisticated type of improvised jazz?

The high Strong male voice.

Refers to the director of an orchestra, choir, or other performing group.

Complemented his trumpet improvisations with scat singing.

A term used to designate singing without instruments.

What factor does not shape and refine a vocal performance.

What elements of music do composers consider when composing a new work?

Lionel Hampton popularized spirituals in the 20th century.

The highest female voice.

A person's culture does not reflect their style of singing.

What is not the responsibility of a conductor?

What era did Swing become popular?

In music, chords are numbered: 5, 10, 15, 20, etc.

Ella Fitzgerald was known for scat singing.

George Gershwin's compositions combined American jazz with traditional classical forms.

Who is a musician who reworks existing musical material?

A pioneer of Bebop

Early Dixieland bands used classical instruments.

Nicknamed "King of Swing."

Clarinet soloist of both jazz and classical music.

What term refers to the capacity to think sound?