Unit 3 Review

What is not the responsibility of a conductor?

Clarinet soloist of both jazz and classical music.

Early Dixieland bands used classical instruments.

Pianist and bandleader who perfected Dixieland jazz.

The high Strong male voice.

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

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

A low female voice with a rich quality.

A pioneer of Bebop

The Jazz Age was what era?

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

What era did Swing become popular?

Complemented his trumpet improvisations with scat singing.

What era did Bebop become popular?

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

Lionel Hampton popularized spirituals in the 20th century.

Composed Rhapsody in Blue.

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

A term used to designate singing without instruments.

What kind of music did George Gershwin not write?

Used synthesizer's and odd elements in her music.

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

What was George Gershwin's most ambitious work?

Nicknamed "King of Swing."

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

Jazz music started in Chicago.

Bebop was written for dancing.

Duke Ellington wrote more music than anyone in history.

The highest female voice.

The lowest male voice.

The layer in music that means one sound.

What term refers to the capacity to think sound?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who is a musician who reworks existing musical material?

What factor does not shape and refine a vocal performance.

Changing the key in a piece of music.

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

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

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

"Stride" piano is an example of smooth jazz.

Ella Fitzgerald was known for scat singing.

Composed "Applacian Spring"

A crossover singer can sing classical or pop music.

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