New Orleans

Question 1

what is the front-line in New Orleans Jazz ?

Answer 1

trumpet or cornet (main melody)
clarinet (harmonising countermelody)
trombone (lower harmonies in tailgate style)

Question 2

what is rhythm section in New Orleans Jazz?

Answer 2

piano (comping)
drums (simple rhythms with bass drum on the 1st and 3rd beats, and snare in 2nd and 4th.)
banjo (replaced by guitar as time went on)
bass line (tuba)

Question 3

Was syncopation used in New Orleans Jazz?

Answer 3

yes
It derived from ragtime

Question 4

What is the other term for collective improvisation, and what is it?

Answer 4

New Orleans Polyphony

front-line instruments improvise at the same time

Question 5

What was the frequently used structural and harmonic framework called ?

Answer 5

12-bar blues

Question 6

What are blue notes?

Answer 6

melody lines decorated with blue notes, notes outside of the diatonic scale, or which are “bent” to fall.

Question 7

What genre of “jazz” did New Orleans Jazz stem from?

Answer 7

Ragtime

Question 8

What form was typically used?

Answer 8

song from (AABA)

Question 9

Who pioneered Scatting

Answer 9

Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald