Jazz Test 1 T/F MC
Piano "professors":
added embellishments to known tunes
When everyone in a group embellishes a written melody at the same time, it is called:
an ensemble chorus
Almost all of the jazz played by bands in New Orleans was performed in a ________________ improvisation style.
collective
Call and response:
is an important component of some work songs
Some precursors of jazz include
work songs, signifying songs, religious music, and the blues.
Many jazz musicians left New Orleans around the year _______ when Storyville was shut down.
1917
The tune I've Got Rhythm uses which structure?
32 bar song form
A chord is:
A group of notes played at the same time
What does the listener hear in the song Berta, Berta
A typical blues/work song
The rhythm-section instrument that plays the bass notes of the harmony is the _____________.
Bass
____________________________ is the earliest admired white jazz musician
Bix Beiderbecke
_________________________ is a jazz precursor that fuses European hymns with African musical techniques
Black Gospel Music
In the middle of 32-bar song form, _____ is a common term for the new melody and set of chord changes.
Bridge
Where were most traditional jazz recordings made?
Chicago
Sidney Bechet played the _______________ in his early career but changed to the louder ____________________
Clarinet, soprano sax
The rhythm-section instrument that keeps time and adds rhythmic color is the _____________.
Drums
A solo break is supported by some or all of the rhythm section
False
African slaves brought their musical instruments with them to America.
False
Cutting contests are competitions between composers to see who can compose the wildest tune.
False
Early jazz bands typically used the solo improvisation style.
False
In dixieland jazz there is no improvisation
False
In jazz, musicians tend to improvise over the verse
False
It is very common for jazz musicians to engage in face-to-face cutting contests today
False
Only the front-line instruments get solos in traditional jazz.
False
Scott Joplin composed lots of country musi
False
Storyville is important to jazz because there were a lot of concert halls there.
False
The 12-bar blues chord sequence is the same every time, with no variations.
False
The active night-life of big cities like New York and Chicago helped create jazz. (New Orleans)
False
The best way to understand jazz improvisation better is to listen very carefully once.
False
The rhythm section tends to start and end each piece by playing the melody.
False
Today, traditional jazz is only performed at universities by jazz history students.
False
Popular music most often has ________ beats per measure
Four
The players who typically do more of the solo improvising play _____________ _______ instruments.
Front line
Louis Armstrong had a Billboard chart-topper with _______________________ in 1964.
Hello Dolly
Who was the founder of the Creole Jazz Band of Chicago?
Joe 'King' Oliver
Who codified the art of solo improvisation with his Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings?
Louis Armstrong
__________________ and ______________ are forms of music that introduced the concept of syncopated rhythms to the average American home.
Minstrel Shows and ragtime
The rhythm-section instruments that fill in the harmony are the ______________ and ______________.
Piano, Banjo
A type of music that fuses African syncopation with African American and European harmonic styles is _______________________________________.
Ragtime and/or traditional jazz
_____________________ composed ragtime music
Scott Joplin
A _______________________________ is a jazz precursor that carried a message of social significance.
Signifying Song
A typical instrument setup in traditional jazz consists of ____________________ players
Six or Seven
___________ improvisation is the preferred improvisation style of most jazz musicians.
Solo
What device gives jazz its unique rhythmic feel?
Syncopation
____________________ is the initial musical statement in call and response.
The call
_______________________ is the repetition of, or the answer to, the musical statement
The response
A solo chorus is supported by some or all of the rhythm section
True
Buddy Bolden was one of the first band players to add extensive embellishments to written music.
True
In jazz, musicians tend to improvise over the chorus.
True
In pure ragtime there is no improvisation.
True
It was common for Americans to own a piano in the early 1900s because it provided a form of entertainment.
True
Jelly Roll Morton pointed out that Latin music influenced early jazz.
True
Louis Armstrong influenced both jazz instrumentalists and vocalists
True
One way to understand jazz improvisation better is to keep the original melody in your head as you listen.
True
The ability to imitate vocal blues on other instruments is highly valued in jazz.
True
When each member of a band improvises at the same time, it is considered collective improvisation.
True
The clarinet, saxophone, ____________________, and trombone are typical front-line instruments.
Trumpet
The main melody, which is played at the beginning of a jazz tune, is called:
the head
A solo break may occur in:
the head, an out chorus, a solo chorus, or an ensemble chorus.
In early jazz the _____________ usually plays the melody.
trumpet
Minstrel shows:
used offensive racial stereotypes, contained skits, music and dance, used the stock characters Jim Crow and Zip Coon, and directly influenced ragtime and traditional jazz.
