MIDTERM 1 - TYPES

Question 1

Kansas City Swing

Answer 1

• loose and relaxed rhythmic feeling
• riffs
• use of saxophone

Question 2

New Orleans

Answer 2

• collective improv
• melody primary played by trumpet/cornet
• 4 beat feel

Question 3

Ragtime

Answer 3

• Thoroughly composed music originally for the piano
• lacks improv
• left hand played 2 beat march patterns

Question 4

Work Song

Answer 4

• sung by a group of workers accompanied by tools and labor
• bent, liquid, sliding pitches
• lead singer/backup group relationship

Question 5

Stride Piano

Answer 5

-LH bass note on beats 1 and 3; chord on beats 2 and 4

RH: melody lines/improv

Question 6

Blues

Answer 6

• AAB
• lack of drums
• roots: field workers, nasal quality with vocalist effects, bend/liquid/sliding pitches