Defintions

Question 1

12-bar blues

Answer 1

Chord progression - I I I I IV IV I I V V I I

Question 2

Front line

Answer 2

Instruments that play the lead parts in an arrangement (cornet or trumpet, trombone and clarinet )

Question 3

Rhythm section

Answer 3

Instruments that provide the beat (piano, banjo, guitar, drums, tuba)

Question 4

Collective improvisation

Answer 4

All of the front line instruments simultaneously improvise

Question 5

Improvisation

Answer 5

Formulating a new melody without written manuscript over a repeating chord arrangement

Question 6

Syncopation

Answer 6

Accenting the weak beats of the bar

Question 7

Walking bass

Answer 7

Note on every beat to create impression of forward movement

Question 8

Oom pah

Answer 8

Bass note to chord baseline on every best with a march-like feel

Question 9

Break

Answer 9

Rhythm section stops playing behind a soloist for a brief period

Question 10

Filler

Answer 10

Instrumental passage between vocal lines

Question 11

Scat

Answer 11

Vocal improvisation of nonsense syllables attempting to sound like an instrument

Question 12

Call and response

Answer 12

A series of musical phrases with a question and answer

Question 13

Riff

Answer 13

Repeated musical pattern

Question 14

Tonal cente

Answer 14

Not major or minor

A note that the melody revolves around

Question 15

Acciaccatura

Answer 15

Crushed note

Question 16

Appoggiatura

Answer 16

Small note that plays at equal length of note following

Question 17

Harmonics

Answer 17

Notes produced in a special way

Question 18

Blues scale

Answer 18

A scale structured 1, flat 3, 4, flat 5, natural 5, flat 7