A famous jazz musician we learned about was:

Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton

Uncomplicated music that speaks of everyday matters

The sounds we hear are more complex then just 1 single tone

Identify the musical characteristics that make Jazz uniquely American

Born out of the African American experience, Began in New Orleans

The craft of putting together sounds to make a musical work

A time signature tells us

How many beats are in a measure

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A famous jazz musician we learned about was:
Wynton Marsalis
Count Basie
Louis Armstrong
Jelly Roll Morton
2
Folk music is...
Music that everyone enjoys
Powerful music genre directed at social change
Music from Russia
Uncomplicated music that speaks of everyday matters
3
Motown is a nickname for...
Jerry
Detroit, MI
Your mom
Jazz Music
4
Who was one of the first composers of Broadway musicals?
Audra McDonald
George M. Cohan
Jerome Kern
Andrew Lloyd Webber
5
Overtones are
The sounds we hear are more complex then just 1 single tone
A singing group from the 60s
Notes grouped close together
A series of tones generated by the fundamental tone
6
Identify the musical characteristics that make Jazz uniquely American
Born out of the African American experience
Began in New Orleans
Traveled by covered wagon to California
Came from New York
7
Jazz originated in
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
New Jersey
8
What is composition
The craft of putting together sounds to make a musical work
Using food scraps in your garden
Making music with instruments
Changing music to your own arrangment
9
A time signature tells us
What time a piece is
How many beats are in a measure
How many fractions are present
What the beat is
10
What is the structure of a piece of music known as?
Walls
Form
Modulation
11
An important breakthrough in electronic music was?
Modulation
Fanfare
The jazzesizer
The synthesizer
12
What is a modulation
A change of key
A key for the door
A key to your heart
A key to heaven
13
Beat is
the cool part of a song
A steady reoccurring pulse
the quality of a sound
the basic rhythm pattern
14
How many strings does a classical guitar have?
4
6
2
8
15
What is a conductor
The director of a tv show
The director of a school
The director of a train
The director of an orchestra
16
Critique and opinion are the same thing
True
False
17
Rhythm and beat are the same thing
True
False
18
Music can be categorized as
Folk, Traditional, Classical
Classical, Pop, Hip hop
Fast, Slow, Medium
Traditional, Popular, Boring
19
The musical we watched in class was:
Phantom of the Opera
Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music
Les Miserables
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How does music enhance our lives
Motivating
Entertaining
All of the above
Allows us to be creative

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