Identifying Different things

Question 1

How do you identify walking baseline

Answer 1

It walks up and down the double bass or electric bass

Question 2

How do you identify boogie woogie

Answer 2

It is characterised by a regular bass riff while the right hand uses trills and melodic decoration.
It also uses piano

Question 3

What instruments does big band jazz use

Answer 3

Big band brass , saxophone, trumpets, clarinets, drums, bass
Sometimes vocals

Question 4

What are other familiar techniques used in big band jazz

Answer 4

Soloists take turns to show off often using improvisation
Syncopated swing rhythms
Repeated chordal pattern
“Jazz stabs” mainly homophonic textures

Question 5

How can you identify 12 bar blues

Answer 5

Using primary chords
Uses distorted electric guitar
Features repeated guitar riffs
Often has solo guitar section

Question 6

How to identify call and response

Answer 6

Where one person/instrument would call/sing a line and everyone else would answer.
Instruments can respond to other instruments calls

Question 7

How to identify added chords

Answer 7

They give distinctive colour to jazz music
When our normal 3 note chords have extra notes added

Question 8

How to identify piano ragtime

Answer 8

• type of Jazz piano
• A solo piece
Left hand “vamps” (quickly moving from the lower pitches to a higher registered chord)
Right hand improvises using lots of added notes.

Question 9

What are the 12 bar blues in G

Answer 9

G. G. G. G. C. C. G. G. D. C. G. D

Question 10

What are the 12 bar blues in D

Answer 10

D. D. D. D. G. G. D. D. A. G. D. A.