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A Music History Review of Jazz origins through Bebop
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1
What was the original intent of jazz?
Dancing
Analysis
Listening
Relaxation
2
What is the meter for ragtime?
6/8
3/4
4/4
2/4
3
What group was assimilated with African Americans in New Orleans?
East European immigrants
Creoles
French Immigrants
Latin Americans
4
In what city did Jazz originate?
New Orleans
San Francisco
St. Louis
New York
5
Jazz accents what beats?
2 and 3
1 and 3
2 and 4
1 and 4
6
What is the name of the piano music developed by African Americans?
Swing
Stride
Ragtime
Pianola
7
What is the defining characteristic of Jazz?
Syncopation
Improvisation
Saxophone
Blues Harmony
8
Who was the king of Ragtime?
Scott Joplin
Benny Goodman
Miles Davis
Louis Armstrong
9
How many lines per stanza are there in blues vocal music?
Four
Three
One
Two
10
Where was the new center of jazz in the swing era?
New Orleans
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
11
What street became known as the “Street of Bop”?
22nd Street
55th Street
42nd Street
52nd Street
12
Why was Bebop removed from the mainstream?
It was not good for dancing
There were no popular artists
It was too dissonant
It was considered art music
13
Where was Minton’s Playhouse?
The Bronx
Queens
Yonkers
Harlem
14
Which Jazz style relied heavily on collective improvisation?
Swing
Blues
Dixieland
BeBop
15
Why did the musicians union ban recording?
Thought radio and jukeboxes were threats to live acts
Recording studios paid low royalties
Established acts were being dropped for newer, cheaper acts
Vinyl was needed in the war effort instead of records
16
Since the 1940’s, the purpose of jazz has been for what?
Dancing
Listening
Relaxation
Analysis
17
How many people are in a combo?
9
10-15
3-8
20 or more
18
Swing was a morale booster during what war?
Star Wars
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
19
Swing helped distract the country from what major event?
The Great Depression
World War II
World War I
The Jackson Impeachment
20
Which chords are used in a Blue Progression
IV
V
iii
I
21
Who was the “King of Swing”?
Miles Davis
Benny Goodman
Duke Ellington
Scott Joplin
22
From whom did the ideas of the sound start to come from?
Composer
Arranger
Lead singer
Lyricist
23
What district provided opportunities for African-Americans to perform in pre-jazz era?
Latin Quarter
French Quarter
Storyville
9th Ward
24
Which genre was primarily a solo piano style with syncopated melodies?
Ragtime
Swing
BeBop
Dixieland
25
Which of these is NOT an instrument in a Bebop group?
Flute
Piano
Drums
Trumpet
26
What did swing bands do that was taboo?
Groups were racially integrated
Music was sexually explicit
Music was considered racist
Encouraged drug use
27
How many people are in a big band?
3-6
10-17
20 or more
6-8
28
Which genre contained a melancholy melodic line with an expressive "vocal" quality?
Blues
Swing
Ragtime
BeBop
29
Why was jazz condemned?
Emphasis on sexuality
Considered simplistic
Too much emphasis on dancing
Considered “devil music”
30
In which Jazz style did Big Bands emerge?
Ragtime
Swing
Dixieland
BeBop
31
Which Jazz style was designed for virtuosic improvisation?
Ragtime
Dixieland
BeBop
Swing
32
Why were there less musicians available during WWII?
Big Bands were becoming popular
Musicians were being drafted into WWII
There was less training available
Less musicians were playing jazz
33
What happens in the first and last chorus of a bebop chorus?
The head is played by soloists who improv on the head
The head is played with collective improvisation
It is a trading fours or trading eights section
The head is played in unison
34
What happened as soloists emerged in Dixieland music?
There was less emphasis on collective improvisation
All of the Above
There was less emphasis on written arrangements
There was more emphasis on syncopation
35
Jazz moved from polyphony to what texture?
Homophonic
Heterophony
Monophonic
Homorhythmic
36
What notes a flatted in a blues scale?
7th
3rd
4th
5th
