Terms, Tune Names, Album Names, etc.

Question 1

Syncopation

Answer 1

Music is accented either before or after a beat

Question 2

Blues

Answer 2

A simple, funky style of black music separate from but coexistent with jazz

Question 3

Scat Singing

Answer 3

Jazz improvisation using the human voice as an instrument, with nonsense syllables instead of words

Question 4

Ride Rhythm

Answer 4

A time-keeping rhythm by the ride cymbal.

Question 5

Mute

Answer 5

An attachment that reduces an instrument’s loudness and alters its tone color

Question 6

Ragtime

Answer 6

A kind of written piano music that first appeared in the 1890’s

Question 7

Timbre

Answer 7

Term that describes tone quality or tone color

Question 8

Tone Color

Answer 8

The spectrum of frequencies generated by each instrument in its own unique way

Question 9

Stop Time

Answer 9

When the band stops playing for a soloist, also called a break.

Question 10

Tonality

Answer 10

A particular kind of sound and structure given by the relationship of the notes of the major scale in a song

Question 11

Harmony

Answer 11

Motion

Question 12

4/4

Answer 12

4 beats per measure, quarter note gets the beat

Question 13

Tempo

Answer 13

The speed or pace at which the piece is played

Question 14

Measure

Answer 14

A group of beats

Question 15

Scale

Answer 15

A range of notes in ascending or descending order that lead to a basic tonality and are the basis for all music.

Question 16

Chord Changes

Answer 16

A change from chord to chord in a chord progression

Question 17

Meter

Answer 17

The type of grouping of beats

Question 18

Beat

Answer 18

A unit of pulse

Question 19

Rhythm

Answer 19

The arrangement of sounds in time. It encompasses beat, tempo, and meter.

Question 20

Downbeat

Answer 20

the name of the number

Question 21

Polyrhythm

Answer 21

Many rhythms

Question 22

Upbeat

Answer 22

The word “and” in between the downbeats

Question 23

Half Step

Answer 23

Very small intervals on the chromatic scale

Question 24

Mode

Answer 24

Describes a sequence of acoustic relationships

Question 25

Octave

Answer 25

The relationship between the bottom “do” and the top “do,” the first and eighth steps of the scale

Question 26

Blues Notes

Answer 26

Any pitch that is not completely a half step below another

Question 27

Chord

Answer 27

Three or more notes played simultaneously

Question 28

Creoles of Color

Answer 28

French immigrants from Canada that settled in New Orleans

Question 29

Chorus

Answer 29

Structure of the entire song

Question 30

Call and Response

Answer 30

A continued repeated sound with a response sound