Chapter 20 Quiz

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington experimented with sonority to develop a style within jazz called: -Big Band -Stage Band -Dance Band -Jazz Band

Big Band

In Hotter Than Hot ( time mark 0:00) which instruments play an 8-bar introduction? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8HVG-ERJU0 -Trumpet, trombone, French horn -Clarinet, Trombone, cornet -Saxophone, tuba, guitar -Clarinet, Saxophone, Oboe

Clarinet, Trombone, cornet

At the beginning of Donna Lee the piano plays chords in the background to accentuate the harmony of the composition. This technique is called: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3SyWrx_X-A -Comping -Fretting -Swinging -Coloring

Comping

In jazz, the beat is "swung." "Swinging" means to: -Play heavily on beats 2 and 4 -Divide the beat into equal halves -Divide the beat unequally into 2/3 and 1/3 halves -Play heavily on beats 1 and 3

Divide the beat unequally into 2/3 and 1/3 halves

True or False: In Jazz the "on-beats" are emphasized over the "off-beats" -True -False

False

Which musician was at the forefront of Dixieland music? -Hetty Wainthropp -Louis Armstrong -Charlie Parker -"Fats" Domino

Louis Armstrong

At time mark 1:32 in St. Louis Blues, which mode does the harmony shift to? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rd9IaA_uJI -Dorian -Minor -Major -Ionian

Minor

Jazz has its roots in the Southern U.S. city of: -Nashville, TN -St. Louis, MO -New Orleans, LA -Branson, MO

New Orleans, LA

At time mark 1:18 Louis Armstrong improvises using what method? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8HVG-ERJU0 Skeet singing -Skat singing -Skoot singing -Skit singing

Skat singing

The drums at the beginning of Donna Lee take a secondary role in timekeeping to which instrument? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3SyWrx_X-A -The guitar -The saxophone -The piano -The bass

The bass

The main melody in a piece of jazz is referred to as: -The verse -The testimony -The head -The theme

The head

Bebop was pioneered by: -Miles Davis and "Dizzy" Gillespie -"Dizzy" Gillespie and Charlie Parker -Charlie Parker and Miles Davis -Miles Davis and "Duke" Ellington

"Dizzy" Gillespie and Charlie Parker

At time mark 0:09 Louis Armstrong plays a melody and improvisation solo through two choruses. Each chorus is how many bars long? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8HVG-ERJU0 -8 -16 -12 -32

32

In It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing (time mark 0:46)the complete statement of the song is a 32 bar __________ form. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FvsgGp8rSE -ABCA -AA'BA" -ABA' -ABA'A"

AA'BA"

"Bebop", which was a reaction to swing, was an attempt to bring jazz: -Along more contemporary lines -To a more mainstream, "white" audience -Back to its improvisatory roots -Into a wider audience by incorporating Latin rhythms

Back to its improvisatory roots

After World War II, jazz, swing, and bebop evolved into a style called -Rock and Roll -Rhythm and Blues -Heavy Metal -Country and Western

Rhythm and Blues

In the first 1:30 of St. Louis Blues, when does the harmony move to the subdominant (IV)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rd9IaA_uJI -0:19 -0:03 -0:33 -0:49

0:49

Jazz has its roots in which musical genres: -All of the above -Blues -Spirituals -Ragtime

All of the above

Time mark 2:04 in "It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing", the saxophones have a soli section which means: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FvsgGp8rSE -All the saxophones play a solo together -They trade off playing solos -One saxophone plays a solo while the others play harmony -Only one or two saxophones play a solo

All the saxophones play a solo together