MUSC 213

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One of ragtime's impacts on popular music was that it made it livelier and looser

true

The core of the early jazz scene moved from New Orleans to Chicago in 1918 as a result of

The closing of Storyville

The ragtime hit "Under the Bamboo Tree" was written by white musicians and was featured in the show Sally in Our Alley

false

W. C Hanley was important in the success of Vernon and Irene Castle as a bandleader and arranger of most of their music

false

collective improvisation allows each member of a jazz group to individually present a solo

false

The trumpet/cornet typically plays _______________ in early New Orleans jazz collective improvisation

melody

From our text: what blues did for the heart and soul, jazz did for the

spirt

The "front line" in an early New Orleans jazz band typically plays the melody.

true

Vernon and Irene Castle chose _____________ to accompany their incredibly popular dance routines

James Reese Europe

what is considered the birthplace of jazz

New Orleans

According to the textbook, the first foxtrot song, created by Vernon and Irene Castle, was called

"Memphis Blues" by W. C. Handy

The most frequently recorded song in the first half of the twentieth century was

"St. Louis Blues"

The classic blues form consists of

12 bars

A "race record" refers to

A recording of black music for black audiences

In 1922 Louis Armstrong left home and went to find fame and fortune in

Chicago

The Jim Crow laws enacted following Plessy v Ferguson

Dissolved the legal distinction between black and Creole

The Hot Five and Hot Seven were small band combos led by

Louis Armstrong

the first great trumpet soloist of jazz music was also an innovative vocalist a great entertainer and a recording and film star

Louis Armstrong

The 1920s' hit "Crazy Blues" by Mamie Smith, became an overnight sensation because.

Previous blues songs were strictly instrumental, whereas "Crazy Blues" was sung in a bluesy, distinctively black singing style

Which of these features most clearly defines swing

Rhythmic play over a four-beat rhythm

What was the most famous composer of ragtime

Scott Joplin

Louis Armstrong and Joe "King" Oliver both played the cornet

True

According to the textbook who is the "father of the blues"

W.C. Handy

The man most responsible for bringing the blues into print, thereby disseminating many of its conventions was

W.C. Handy

The term "Storyville" refers to

an area of legal prostitution in New Orleans where jazz evolved in the early twentieth century

The ____________, a popular dance, was borrowed and adapted from a black folk dance

animal dance

James Reese Europe was a popular

dance orchestra leader

James Reese Europe's most far-reaching contribution to popular music was

developing and popularizing the foxtrot

A race record is simply a slang term for a hit record, implying that an audience would literally "race" to make a purchase

false

Bessie Smith would be considered a famous rural ( or country) blues artist

false

Irene and Vernon Castle were the first husband-and-wife Tin Pan Alley songwriters to become famous for their collaborative efforts

false

Joe "King" Oliver was from Chicago and became a hit in his hometown with his Creole Jazz Band

false

Joplin believed a piano rag should be played at a fast tempo so that one could dance to it

false

Ragtime was initially hailed as a highly popular new music style

false

Scott Joplin's famous "Red Book" was a collection of the best saloons and brothels for ragtime pianists to preform

false

Lil Hardin played the _______________ in King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

piano

The New Orleans jazz bands of the early 1900s were made up of instruments from the marching bands, minstrel shows, and

saloons and bordellos

collective improvisation

simultaneous improvisation by all members of a group together

the two responsibilities of the standard typing rhythm section of an early New Orleans jazz band were to

supply the harmony and mark the best

Ragtime was important because it was

the first African American music that looked on paper the way it sounded in performance

the text defines swing as _______

the sense of rhythmic play from the result of various kinds of rhythmic conflict

Which of the following instruments would be considered a front line instrument in a New Orleans jazz band

trombone

.Storyville was the "red-light" district of New Orleans during the early days of jazz

true

Although he led a New Orleans jazz band Joe "King" Oliver actually made his reputation as a great jazz orchestra leader not in New Orleans but in Chicago in the 1920's

true

As the cakewalk faded away, other dances named after a wide variety of animals were adopted or borrowed from African American folk dances

true

In a New Orleans-style jazz band, the "front line" instruments make up the rhythm section because they "front" the beat

true

Scott Joplin composed the most enduring piano rags of the era

true

Scott Joplin helped inspire a movement among historically conscious black musicians to preserve their musical heritage

true

The form of the typical piano rag was based on that of a march

true

The orchestral rags of James Europe were less syncopated than those of Scoot Joplin

true

The "front line" in an early New Orleans jazz band is made up of

trumpet(cornet), clarinet, and trombone


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