Traditiona Music

Question 1

Name four things that blues musicians sang about

Answer 1

Love, poverty, death and debt

Question 2

What era was the blues music

Answer 2

1020/30s

Question 3

What other style of music is blues related two?

Answer 3

Jazz

Question 4

What is the blues bar structure

Answer 4

12 bar blues

Question 5

What is the 12 bar blues?

Answer 5

I I I I
IV IV I I
V IV I I

Question 6

Name typical blues instruments

Answer 6

Piano, trumpet, double base, drum kit, trombone, guitar and clarinet

Question 7

Name characteristics of blues music

Answer 7

Call and response, syncopation and portamento and improvisation

Question 8

Give examples of blues singers

Answer 8

Ma Rainey, Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, billie holiday

Question 9

What is the blues scale?

Answer 9

G Bb C C# D F G

Question 10

Where and when did jazz develop?

Answer 10

USA in the 1900s

Question 11

What does the structure of a jazz performance start with?

Answer 11

The head

Question 12

What comes after the head in a jazz performance?

Answer 12

Solos and then the head

Question 13

What is a famous feature of many types of jazz?

Answer 13

Swing rhythm

Question 14

What is the purpose of using a swing rhythm

Answer 14

To get a bouncy feel

Question 15

How are jazz bands split?

Answer 15

Front line instruments and the rhythm section

Question 16

What do the front line jazz instruments do?

Answer 16

They play the main melody of the head then take it in turns to play improvised solos

Question 17

What do rhythm section jazz instruments do?

Answer 17

Accompany the front line instruments and provides harmonies and chords

Question 18

What style do jazz singers sometimes Sing in?

Answer 18

Scat

Question 19

What is boogie woogie

Answer 19

A style of blues piano playing the fame very popular in the 1940s.

Question 20

How is the boogie woogie played ?

Answer 20

A riff in the bass that elaborates on each chord while the right hand used trills and melodic decoration

Question 21

What is the boogie woogie structure similar too?

Answer 21

The 12 bar blues, the difference is it ends in V V I I instead of V IV I I

Question 22

Describe the boogie woogie base line

Answer 22

Consists of a repetitive one or two bar figure with each bar containing eight quaver Beat notes. (8 to the bar base line)

Question 23

Who was glenn miller?

Answer 23

An American big-band musician arranger, a composer and big-band Leader in the swing era

Question 24

What are Glenn millers most famous songs?

Answer 24

In the mood 
Moonlight Serenade 
Pennsylvania six 5000 
Chattanooga choo-choo 
string of pearls 
Tuxedo Junction
 little brown jug

Question 25

What’s all that music is reggae music developed from?

Answer 25

Mento, ska, rock - steady

Question 26

Name reggae music characteristics

Answer 26

``` 4/4 Syncopated rhythms Guitars, electric and bass Strong emphasis on the off-beats and back beats Walking bass Slower tempo ```

Question 27

Name Reggae musician?

Answer 27

Bob Marley

Question 28

Why was Paul Simon inspired by African vocal music?

Answer 28

It joyful spirit reminded him of the 1950s rock ‘n’ roll

Question 29

What was Paul Smith said Graceland album inspired by

Answer 29

South African Township music

Question 30

Name A band of western African fusion

Answer 30

Ladysmith Black mambazo

Question 31

In what style are typical African song sung?

Answer 31

A cappella

Question 32

Describe the structure of a typical African song

Answer 32

Songs are strophic or in call and response form

Question 33

What is the chorus like in at typical African song

Answer 33

Homophonic

Question 34

What does African singing typically include

Answer 34

Glissando, whistles, yodels and trills

Question 35

What are African melodies usually organised within?

Answer 35

A scale of four, five, six or seven notes

Question 36

What are typical folk music instruments?

Answer 36

Pipes, fiddle the hurdy Gurdy, bagpipes and the accordion

Question 37

What is salsa a fusion of?

Answer 37

Cuban/Puerto Rican with American jazz big-band music

Question 38

What time signature does salsa have?

Answer 38

4/4 | 8 beat dance rhythm - 123_123_

Question 39

What is the most important instrument set the beat in salsa?

Answer 39

The clave, 3-2nor 2-3 beat

Question 40

What is the vocal solo in salsa called?

Answer 40

Sonero

Question 41

What is the Chorus called in salsa?

Answer 41

The choro

Question 42

What are the frontline salsa instrument called?

Answer 42

The horn section; trumpets, saxophones and trombones

Question 43

What are the rhythm section in salsa called?

Answer 43

Piano, Spanish guitar, bass guitar

Question 44

What percussion instruments are part of salsa music?

Answer 44

The claves, guiros, the cowbell, timbales, maracas, bongos, congas

Question 45

What is the sonero in a salsa structure?

Answer 45

Verse - main tune soloist

Question 46

What is the montuno in the salsa structure?

Answer 46

Chorus – choral answer sonero improvises

Question 47

What is the mambo in salsa structure?

Answer 47

Break – instrumental new material often on the horn section

Question 48

Name typical

Answer 48

``` Repetitive clave rhythm (bo diddly) Medium/fast tempo Syncopated percussion rhythm creating complex Polyrhythms and cross-rhythm Strong accents on first beat of the bar Call and response Often loud dynamics Mainly the primary chords ```

Question 49

Name musical characteristics of the tango?

Answer 49

The tango started in early 1800s in the bars and slums of a Buenos Aires Argentina Syncopated ostinato Heavily accented getting a march like passion

Question 50

What are typical features and instruments of the tango?

Answer 50

Violins, piano, double bass and the accordion