Jazz in America. Quiz1 Review SG

Question 1

What are the 2 major elements of jazz?

Answer 1

Swing and improvisation

Question 2

What are the 2 most common song forms?

Answer 2

12 bar blues and 32 bar AABA

Question 3

What is the basic jazz performance format?

Answer 3

melody, improvisation, melody, tag ending

Question 4

Where was jazz born? (Whose Classical music, is it?)

Answer 4

America

Question 4

Art Blakey quote

Answer 4

“Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life”

Question 5

What are Rhythm Changes?

Answer 5

specific set of chord changes under AABA

Question 6

Improvisation- what is it?

Answer 6

to compose and perform at the same time

Question 7

Tips for listening to jazz

Answer 7

listen for the melody
listen for the form
listen to the instruments
notice the relationships between sounds.

Question 8

Accompaniment

Answer 8

performing with another performer(s), usually in a less prominent role.

Question 8

We gain appreciation through active listening

Answer 8

understanding, careful listening, and emotional repetitions.

Question 9

Rhythm Sections consists of what instruments?

Answer 9

Guitar, Piano, Bass, and drums

Question 9

Bass

Answer 9

Looks like a very long violin, played by plucking the strings or by bowing

Question 10

Arco

Answer 10

The technique of playing upright bass with a bow.

Question 11

Bar of music

Answer 11

These divide a sing up into smaller pieces.

Question 12

Ballad

Answer 12

A simple song, usually romantic nature

Question 13

Blue Note

Answer 13

Note in the blues scale. like the lowered 3rd, 5th and 7th. In the c blues scale. Eb, Gb, Bb are all considered to be in the blue note.

Question 14

Bridge

Answer 14

Name given to the third eight bar section. In the most common form, AABA also known as the B section in AABA.

Question 15

chord

Answer 15

The simultaneous sounding of three or more tones.

Question 15

Call and resonse

Answer 15

A musical pattern - related to African American and jazz music, usually followed by a solo singer or instruments followed by an ensemble.

Question 15

chord changes

Answer 15

A series of successive chords also called a chord progression

Question 16

Collective improvisation

Answer 16

A situation where all members of a small group improvise simultaneously.

Question 17

chorus

Answer 17

The main body or refrain of a song as distinct from the verse which comes first

Question 18

combo

Answer 18

A small instrumental group consisting of 3 to 7 players

Question 19

comp/comping

Answer 19

The rhythmic pattern used by a keyboard or guitar as they accompany soloists

Question 20

Head arrangement

Answer 20

A band arrangement that was created extemporaneously by the musicians and is not written down.

Question 20

Double-time feel

Answer 20

when the music gives you a sense of moving twice as fast

Question 21

Pizzicato

Answer 21

A manner of playing the bass by plucking the string rather than bowing.

Question 22

Repetition

Answer 22

Presentation of the same musical material in two or more parts of a composition.

Question 23

ride cymbal

Answer 23

The cymbal suspended over the drum set usually to the players right played with the stick used for playing time.

Question 24

Ride rhythm

Answer 24

The pattern a drummer plays on the ride cymbal to keep time, the most common being lang spang a lang spang a lang.

Question 25

tempo

Answer 25

the rate or speed

Question 25

two feel

Answer 25

A rhythm section style that emphasizes the first and third bears of each four beat measurers often leaving the second and forth beats silent in the bass

Question 25

Riff

Answer 25

A short pattern of sounds repeated and played bya soloists or a group.

Question 25

scat singing

Answer 25

the use of nonsense syllables while improvising vocally.

Question 25

Syncopation

Answer 25

accenting a normally weak beat or the weak part of a beat

Question 25

Swing

Answer 25

The feeling projected by a jazz performance, which successfully combines constant tempo, syncopation, swing eighth notes, rhythmic lilt, liveness and rhythmically cohesive group playing.

Question 26

Walking Bass

Answer 26

The bass part that was originally introduced in boogie woogie in ostinato form. It concisely spells out the notes in the chords being used and is usually played in eighth
notes in boogie woogie. In 4/4 swing time: walking bass is played on all 4 quarter notes

Question 26

Vibrato

Answer 26

The pulsating effect produced by small, rapid variations in pitch. Most jazz uses vibrato for warmth and interpretation in imitating the human voice.