MIDTERM 2 - TERMS

Question 1

Harmon Mute

Answer 1

• used often by Miles Davis

- used in Round Midnight & Summertime

Question 2

Pedal point/drone

Answer 2

• a sustained tone
• typically in the base
• keep base constant while changing the chord
• modes are supported by these
• Miles Davis liked modal jazz

Question 3

Shout Chorus

Answer 3

-last chorus of a big band arrangement and is characterized by the most energetic, lively and exciting and by containing the musical climax of the piece

Question 4

5/4 Time

Answer 4

• five beats per measure

- like in “Take Five”

Question 5

Cross Voicing

Answer 5

• intersection of melodic lines in a composition, leaving a lower voice on a higher pitch than a higher voice and vice versa
• ex: Boplicity and Summertime

Question 6

Minton’s Playhouse

Answer 6

• jazz club in Harlem

- development of bebop jam sessions

Question 7

Hard Bop

Answer 7

• younger musicians combined the heard and soul of bebop with the energy of R&B
• R&B edge and stronger beat
• seamless, East Coast Jazz

Question 8

Jump Band

Answer 8

• played rhythm and blues with strong elements of swing
• one of the primary roots of rock and roll
• dance-able music

Question 9

Bebop

Answer 9

• jazz developed by and for virtuoso musicians
• attracted musicians with exceptional improvising skills
• grew out of a reaction to the commercialism of swing bands
• solo improvs, jam sessions
• rhythmically complex, syncopated drum beats

Question 10

Cool jazz

Answer 10

• jazz for the intellectuals
• reflective improvisations
• solo improv, written arrangements common
• closer to swing feeling

Question 11

Third stream

Answer 11

• The Modern Jazz Quartet spearheaded it

- 1st (jazz), 2nd (classical), 3rd (jazz/classical)

Question 12

Modal jazz

Answer 12

-jazz that uses the musical modes

Question 13

Soul jazz

Answer 13

• a branch of hard bop
• influences from blues, gospel, soul and R&B
• ex: Mercy Mercy Mercy, The Sidewinder