Music Jazz'

Question 1

-Is a music genre of the late 19th and early 20th century originated from African-American communities of New Orleans.

-A descendant and contemporary of blues,

-Began as a sort of folk music for black Americans.

-It is a musical style that involves lively syncopated rhythm and improvisation.

-The elements from the music cultures of West Africa, Europe, and America were creatively combined that led to the development of jazz.

Answer 1

Jazz

Question 2

-Rhythmic sounds of percussions
-Improvisation
-Complicated rhythmic patterns
-Call and response technique

Answer 2

West African influences

Question 3

-Work songs
-Cakewalk dance
-Gospel hymns
-Spirituals
-Marching band instruments

Answer 3

American influences

Question 4

-Hymns
-Folk tunes
-Piano pieces
-Popular songs

Answer 4

European influences

Question 5

-Flute, soprano saxophone, 1-3 alto saxophones, 1-3 tenor saxophones, and/or 1-2 baritone saxophones
-Part of Jazz Band

Answer 5

Woodwinds

Question 6

-Three to five trombones and/or three to five trumpet
-Part of Jazz Band

Answer 6

Brass

Question 7

-Guitar or banjo, piano, plucked double bass, drums, congas, and/or tambourine
-Part of Jazz Band

Answer 7

Rhythm Section(The Backbone of the Jazz Ensemble)

Question 8

-Lies at the core of jazz music.

-It is making music spontaneously.

Answer 8

Improvisation

Question 9

-Other distinctive features of jazz music are syncopation and the rhythmic swing.

-Syncopation

Answer 9

Rhythm

Question 10

-Is the displacement of accented beats by accenting weak beats, having rests on strong beats or tying notes over from a weak to a strong beat.

-A jazz musician would always deliberately deviate from notated rhythmic values.

Answer 10

Syncopation

Question 11

-In creating jazz melodies, composers use the two kinds of scale: the blues scale and the bebop scale.
-Blues Scale

Answer 11

Melody

Question 12

-Is not a typical scale because it does not have a second or sixth degree.
-Instead, it has the flatted third, fifth, and seventh.

Answer 12

Blues Scale

Question 13

It is a scale of nine notes.

Answer 13

Bebop Scale

Question 14

What were the types of popular songs

Answer 14

cakewalk (strutting dance of the blacks in the South),

minstrel songs,

and vaudeville songs

Question 15

-Although it is not jazz, it contains features that are common in jazz music.
-This particular musical style allows a singer to sing with scoops, groans, and “bent” notes. A standardized form, called twelve-bar blues, can be found in all styles of jazz.

Answer 15

Blues

Question 16

-This is one of the predecessors of jazz which became popular towards the end of the 19th century and first two decades of the 20th century.

-It originated from the African-American communities like St. Louis and New Orleans.

-This style was written largely for the piano, characterized by jaunty rhythms and whimsical mood.

Answer 16

Ragtime

Question 17

-Known as the “King of Ragtime.”

-His popular pieces include “The Entertainer” and “Maple Leaf Rag.”

Answer 17

Scott Joplin

Question 18

-This popular jazz style, also called New Orleans style is an instrumental music.

-A Dixieland band consists of 5 to 8 performers who play trombone, clarinet, drums, string bass, trumpet, piano, guitar, and banjo. Clarinet, trumpet, and trombone are the main instruments (front line) for melody.

-The other five constitute the rhythm section.

Answer 18

Dixieland Jazz

Question 19

-Developed the hot jazz style and the scat-singing, which is an improvised singing style characterized by singing non-texted vocalizations or nonsense syllables like doo-bi-doo or du-rut-di-rut.

Answer 19

Louis Armstrong (1900-1971)

Question 20

-This new jazz style was developed in the 1920s and reached its peak during the “swing era” (1935-1945).

-Swing is performed by big bands with fifteen musicians.

Answer 20

Swing

Question 21

–Is for dancing, entertainment, and easy listening only.

Answer 21

Sweet Swing

Question 22

-Is also known as big band jazz, created by more skillful jazz composers, arrangers, and performers.
-This is also called as concert jazz.

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Hot Swing

Question 23

-This is an important jazz style in the 1940s.

-It is aggressive and fast and is not intended for dancing but for listening.

-This is performed by smaller ensembles called combos that emphasize individualistic performance.

Answer 23

Bebop or Bop

Question 24

–Is an important figure in the bebop style, the greatest improviser in jazz.

Answer 24

Charlie “Bird” Parker (1920-1955)

Question 25

-Emerged in the 1940s in reaction to the swing band style.

-This is related to bebop but without the aggressive interpretation.

Answer 25

Cool Jazz

Question 26

-Is also called as avant-garde jazz. In this style, the musician has complete freedom to improvise.

-Shouts, cries, outbursts, and other non-traditional sounds may be produced by the performer.

Answer 26

Free Jazz

Question 27

-Also called jazz rock, is the merging of rock sounds and rhythm with jazz improvisation.

-Traditional acoustic instruments are combined with electric pianos, guitars, and basses.

Answer 27

Fusion