Music

Question 1

Order of jazz

Answer 1

Blues
Ragtime
New Orleans
Boogie woogie
Bebop 
Cool

Question 2

Blues musicians

Answer 2

Bessie Smith

Big Joe Turner

Question 3

Blues features

Answer 3

12 bar blues
Blues scale
Walking bass
Call and response

Question 4

Ragtime musicians

Answer 4

Scott Joplin

Question 5

Features of ragtime

Answer 5

Piano only
Syncopation
Bass notes on Beats 1&3, chords on beats2&4

Question 6

New Orleans musicians

Answer 6

Original Dixieland jazz band

Question 7

New Orleans features

Answer 7

One instrument plays the main melody and everyone else improvises
Complex sound

Question 8

Boogie woogie important musicians

Answer 8

Jelly roll Morton

Question 9

Boogie woogie features

Answer 9

Originally just piano but later for others
Quaver moving bass riff
Based on the 12 bar blues

Question 10

Bebop important musicians

Answer 10

Charlie Parker

Dizzie Gillespie

Question 11

Bebop characteristics

Answer 11

Fast tempo
Virtuistic playing and improvising
Complex syncopation

Question 12

Cool musicians

Answer 12

Dave Brubeck

Miles Davis

Question 13

Cool characteristics

Answer 13

Relaxed laid back
Focus on melody
Unusual harmonies

Question 14

Largo

Answer 14

Slow

Question 15

Andante

Answer 15

Walking pace

Question 16

Allegro

Answer 16

Fast

Question 17

Presto

Answer 17

Very fast

Question 18

issimo

Answer 18

Extremely

Question 19

Texture

Answer 19

The number of parts at once

Question 20

Disconance

Answer 20

Notes which clash when together

Question 21

Consonance

Answer 21

Notes which sound good together

Question 22

Disjunct

Answer 22

A melody which contains large leaps

Question 23

Conjunct

Answer 23

Doesn’t contain many jumps

Question 24

Chromatic

Answer 24

Music which uses notes from outside the key signature

Question 25

Baroque dates

Answer 25

1600-1750

Question 26

Classical dates

Answer 26

1750-1820

Question 27

Romantic dates

Answer 27

1820-1900

Question 28

Impressionist dates

Answer 28

Early 20th century

Question 29

Expressionism dates

Answer 29

Early 20th century

Question 30

Baroque composers

Answer 30

J.S Bach
Vivaldi
Handel

Question 31

Classical composers

Answer 31

Mozart

Hayden

Question 32

Romantic composers

Answer 32

Chopin
Schumann
Berlioz

Question 33

Impressionism composers

Answer 33

Debussy

Ravel

Question 34

Expressionism composers

Answer 34

Schoenberg

Berg

Question 35

Baroque characteristics

Answer 35

Harpsichord 
Basso continuo 
Ornamentation 
Terraced dynamics 
Single mood

Question 36

Classical characteristics

Answer 36

Balance question and answer
Clear melodic lines 
Melody and accompaniment texture
Alberti bass
Use of piano
Simple music 
string quartet

Question 37

Romantic characteristics

Answer 37

Freer structures
Large orchestra
Longer melodies to get emotion
Harmony thick with chromatic chords

Question 38

Impressionist characteristics

Answer 38

Whole tone scale
Cluster chords
Parallel motion
Use of pedal

Question 39

Expressionism characteristics

Answer 39

Sudden changes in mood, dynamics and texture
Disjointed melodies and rhythms
Very dramatic and emotional