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Review Questions for Jazz Unit Test #music
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1
What was the primary purpose of Swing Music?
Funerals
Official Ceremonies
Church Services
Dancing
2
Fusion Jazz was a combination of Jazz and what other style?
Rock
Country
Bluegrass
Rap
3
Jazz music did not influence American Styles?
False
True
4
Who is this musician?
Louis Armstrong
Scott Joplin
Duke Ellington
Charlie Parker
5
What Jazz Style became extremely popular during the Great Depression and WWII Era?
Swing
Ragtime
Funk
Bebop
6
Work Songs Involved
Religious Beliefs
Repetition
All of the above
Call and Response
7
Jazz was derived from old African hymns and folk songs.
True
False
8
Who is this
Ma Ranie
None of the above
Bessy Smith
Ella Fitzgerald
9
What instrument did Louis Armstrong Play?
Clarinet
Piano
Trumpet
Saxophone
10
Did jazz music blow up during the Harlem Renaissance
True
False
11
What style of jazz is characterized by fast tempos, angular melodies, and lots of notes?
Bebop
Swing
Funk
Cool Jazz
12
What style of jazz is characterized by big bands, dance music, and minimal improvisation?
Bebop
Funk
Cool Jazz
Swing
13
Who are some famous Jazz musicians?
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday
Joni Mitchell, Selena Gomez
The Weekend and Travis Scott
Walt Disney, Justin Beiber
14
What is it called when all musicians are improvising at the same time?
Collective Improv
Bebop
Ragtime
Fusion
15
Where did Jazz originate?
New Orleans
California
West Virgina
A place in Africa
16
What instrument did Charlie Parker Play?
Clarinet
Piano
Trumpet
Saxophone
17
Dixieland Bands started out as what kind of bands?
Brass Quintets
Marching Bands
Combos
Big Bands
18
Louis Armstrong had his biggest success during what Jazz Movement?
Dixieland
Bebop
Ragtime
Swing
19
Playing Multiple Rhythms at the same time is what element of Jazz Music
Collective Improv
Improvisation
Syncopation
Polyrhythms
20
What was the root of the criticism of jazz music?
It sounded like Satan screaming
It was boring
It was too sad
It had African roots and was created by the black community
21
Which style was the first to utilize combos to make the music?
Swing
Dixieland
Fusion
Bebop
22
Who is this musician?
Benny Goodman
Louis Armstrong
Dizzy Gillespie
Scott Joplin
23
What instrument did Benny Goodman Play?
Piano
Trumpet
Saxophone
Clarinet
24
What was jazz music referred to as?
disappointing
Satan's songs
the Devil's music
SIN
25
What instrument did Miles Davis Play?
Saxophone
Trumpet
Guitar
Clarinet
26
Satchmo was the nickname of what musician?
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Charlie Parker
Benny Goodman
27
Which of the following is not one of the categories of today's jazz?
New Wave
Blues
Swing
Cool Jazz
28
How Many Years Did Duke Ellington Wrote Jazz
30 Years
60 Years
50 Years
20 Years
29
Who is this
None of the above
Duke ellington
Dizzy
Bird
30
Who was the first band leader to have mixed race bands?
Duke Ellington
Charlie Parker
Louis Armstrong
Benny Goodman
31
Who was known as the King of Swing?
Duke Ellington
Herbie Hancock
Miles Davis
Benny Goodman
32
Who was the main composer of the Ragtime Movement?
Scott Joplin
Wynton Marsalis
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
33
What style of music is this?
Bebop
Dixieland
Swing
Rock N Roll
34
What style of jazz is characterized by the tuba, clarinet, and simultaneous improvisation?
Funk
Swing
Dixieland
Cool Jazz
35
Which instruments are used in Jazz?
saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, drums, and guitar.
Drums, Piano
trumpet, guitar
Saxaphone, Trumpet, Piano
36
Jazz is very structured.
True
False
37
Who is this Jazz Musician?
Louis Armstrong
Benny Goodman
Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
38
This instrument was popular during the era
Ragtime
Spirtuals
Swing
Rock N Roll
39
What was John Birks Gellespie's Nickname?
Satchmo
Big Cheeks
Dizzy
Bird
40
What is the technique called when you emphasize the off beats?
Improvisation
Polyrhythms
Harmony
Syncopation
41
Jazz with lots of dissonant harmonies
Warm Jazz
Swing
Cool Jazz
Bebop
42
Who has jazz been influenced by?
Americans
African Americans
Egyptians
Italians
43
Which Dixieland Instrument adds effects such as slides and smears?
Trombone
Tuba
Flute
Trumpet
44
Which musician dropped out of college because he "got tired of playing White People Music?"
Miles Davis
Benny Goodman
Duke Ellington
Wynton Marsalis
45
Which style is a combination of West African Spirituals, Work Songs, and Ragtime?
Bebop
Fusion
Swing
Blues
46
Creating Music "On the Spot" is called what?
Polyrhythms
Improvisation
Syncopation
47
This composer is well known for writing jazz music in meters such as 5/4, 12/8, 6/4, etc...
Dave Brubeck
LV Beethoven
Hildegard Von Bingen
Johannes Brahms
48
Which of the following was
not
a musical influence of Blues music?
Slave Work Songs
African Spirituals
Beethoven
Ragtime
49
Where was Jazz music mainly played at?
Speakeasy's
cotton clubs
In the Hood
Your local Walmart
50
The Big Bands Have how many musicans
1
More than 7
3
5
51
Is saxophone a popular instrument in jazz?
False
True
52
Which of the following is not a traditional jazz instrument?
Trumpet
String Bass
Piano
French Horn
53
What is is called when people get together & play in order to learn from each other & compete?
Jam Session
Collective Improv
Hang Out Playing
Jazz Battle
54
Which of the following was not one of the trademarks of Dizzy Gillespie?
Bent Trumpet Bell
Puffed Out Cheeks
Flashy Clothes
55
What historical event in 1929 had a great impact on the Swing Movement?
California Earthquakes
Nuclear Testing
Moon Landing
Stock Market Crash
56
Which of the following is
NOT
an element of Jazz we discussed in class?
Rhythm
Polyrhythms
Improvisation
Syncopation
57
Which jazz musician died of substance abuse-related pneumonia?
Miles Davis
Herbie Hancock
Charlie Parker
Sonny Rollins
58
Whose nickname was Bird?
Charlie Parker
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Dizzy Gillespie
