All Blues

Question 1

What album does all blues come from?

Answer 1

Kind of Blue

Question 2

When was the piece released?

Answer 2

1959

Question 3

What type of band is playing?

Answer 3

A sextet

Question 4

What instrument does miles Davis play?

Answer 4

The trumpet

Question 5

Which intruders are in the frontline?

Answer 5

Trumpet, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone

Question 6

What does the frontline do?

Answer 6

Plays the main melody and has prominent solos

Question 7

What does the rhythm section consist of?

Answer 7

Piano, bass and drums

Question 8

What does the rhythm section do?

Answer 8

Provides the harmonic and rhythmic backing

Question 9

What is the piece based on?

Answer 9

The 12-bar Blues progression - a chord sequence that lasts for 12 bars

Question 10

What is the main melody called?

Answer 10

The head

Question 11

What is the head played by?

Answer 11

A muted trumpet

Question 12

What separates each section?

Answer 12

A simple 4-bar riff in parallel 3rds

Question 13

What is the head melody characterised by?

Answer 13

Rising 6ths

Question 14

Which instruments play the solos?

Answer 14

Trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, piano

Question 15

What key is the piece in?

Answer 15

G major with a flattened seventh or the mixolydian mode (making a the piece an example of modal jazz)

Question 16

What metre is the piece in?

Answer 16

6/4

Question 17

What is the tempo?

Answer 17

Jazz waltz - each 6/4 bar sounds like a pair of bars in 3/4 time

Question 18

What is special about the quavers?

Answer 18

They are swung

Question 19

What is there a lot of?

Answer 19

Syncopation

Question 20

What is the snare drum played with?

Answer 20

Wire brushes

Question 21

What/how does the bass play?

Answer 21

Pizzicato

Question 22

How is the trumpet played?

Answer 22

With a Harmon mute

Question 23

What does the piano play at the start of the piece?

Answer 23

A tremelo

Question 24

What does the piano do once the solos begin?

Answer 24

Comping