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Jazz Test Flashcards

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Roots of Jazz

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Spirituals, work songs, folk songs, African music, improv

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Syncopated rhythm of the cakewalk of minstrel shows

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Ragtime

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Piano is the chief instrument of this

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Ragtime

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Scott Joplin is the principal composer of

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Ragtime

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In 4-4 time, usually 4 strains in 16-32 bar periods each

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Ragtime

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What time signature is ragtime usually in?

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4-4, with 4 strains of 16-32 bars each

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Syncopated treble line against a non-syncopated bass

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Ragtime

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Bass usually moves 1/2 speed of treble, called “stride-bass”

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Ragtime

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“Blues” describes what?

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A depressed emotion state, about ghetto life

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12 bars in 4/4 time divided into 3 four bar phrases on the following progression:

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4 bars (I), 2 bars (IV), 2 bars (I), 2 bars (V), 2 bars (1)

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Blues Chord progression

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I IV I V I

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How are Blues divided up?

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12 bars in 4/4 time, 3 four bar phrases

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Blues text is in what form?

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AAB

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How do blues singers and instrumentalists interact?

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Singer sings for 2 bars, instruments respond for 2 bars, called “call and response”

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Blues has what technique incoporated?

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Call and Response

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Blues harmonies use what?

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Major and minor scales simultaneously

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What is the blues scale on C?

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C, Eb, F, F#, G, Bb

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What are the “blues” notes?

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Lowered 3rd and 7th in the scale

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Blues performers include:

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“Ma” Rainey and Bessie Smith

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Who was the most famous Blues performer?

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Bessie Smith, called “Empress of Blues.” St. Louis Blues famous performance

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What is Bessie Smith’s nickname?

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Empress of Blues

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Instrumental combos with drums, banjo, and piano providing rhythm section and cornet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, as the “front line” which improvised

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New Orleans Jazz (Dixieland) 1920’s

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Improvisation and spontaneity was an important aspect of

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New Orleans Jazz

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King Oliver was the leader of

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The Creole Jazz Band, the finest of its day

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Who made up the Creole Jazz Band?
King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory
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What did Louis Armstrong play in the Creole Jazz Band?
Cornet
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What did Kid Ory play in the Creole Jazz Band?
Trombone
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What is an important cultural characteristic of the Creole Jazz Band?
They were the first black ensemble to record a series of jazz pieces!
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Who made up the original Dixieland Jazz Band?
White musicians led by Nick La Rocca, they went from New Orleans to New York
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New Orleans Jazz moved up the river and created what?
"Chicago style" jazz in well, Chicago of course
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Who was Jelly Roll Morton
Pianist of Jazz, Ragtime, and Blues that claims to have "invented" jazz. Was an influential performer who pioneered improvisation
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Who was Louis Armstrong?
Possibly the greatest Jazz figure of all time, leading Cornetist of his day and influenced many jazz musicians
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Louis Armstrong did what?
Played cornet with King Oliver, as well as leading his own groups such as the "Hot Five"
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What did "Fatha" Hines do?
Brought piano to the "front line" as a solo instrument
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Early swing bands consisted of?
5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones. Rhythm section replaced the banjo with the guitar, replacing tuba with the upright bass
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Early swing bands grew out of what?
Instrumental combos
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The Swing Era has what meter and tempo characteristics?
Triplet subdivision of pulse, more-up tempo
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Special compositions and arrangements emerged for the group
Swing Era, Swing Bands
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Pianist/Band Leader
Duke Ellington
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Became foremost composer and arranger for the swing band
Duke Ellington
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Duke Ellington is from what era?
Swing Era, Swing Band
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Swing Band Leaders
Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller
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Count Basie played what?
Piano
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Benny Goodman played what?
Clarinet
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What is Benny Goodman's nickname?
King of Swing
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Glenn Miller played what?
Trombone
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Swing Era Singers included:
Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra
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What was Ella Fitzgerald known for?
Scat singing, a style of improv singing
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Swing Era Music was the equivalent of what to us now?
Pop music, it was the pop music of the 30s and 40s
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Toward the end of WWII, some jazz musicians felt big band was in a rut, too restrictive and stylized, so broke away and began developing a new style of Jazz called:
Bebop
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Where does the term "Bebop" come from?
Scat singing, refers to a long-short note rhythm
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Musical characteristics of Bebop
More exotic rhythm, double time tempo, fast unison licks in the ensemble, faster chord changes-often two per bar, virtuoso soloists, 3-6 players, cliquish and elitist - looked down on other jazz
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Dizzy Gillespie played what?
Trumpet
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Charlie "Bird" Parker played what?
Alto Sax
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Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie "Bird" Parker did what?
Changed jazz significantly, often playing without music
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Styles that were created in the 1950s
West Coast Jazz, Jazz in odd meters, Avant-garde jazz
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Miles Davis
West Coast Jazz, played trumpet
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Dave Brubeck
Jazz in odd meters, played piano
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John Coltrane
Avant-garde jazz, tenor sax
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Emphasized virtuosity and use of thematic ideas for improv rather than on harmonic changes
John Coltrane
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Revival of big bands in 60's, Buddy Rich
New Groups - 60s to present
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Buddy Rich played
Drums
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Fusion groups of 70s, which fused jazz harmonies with rock
New Groups - 60's to present
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Notable Fusion Groups
Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Chicago, Steely Dan
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Added ethnic influences from Latin America or Africa
New Groups - 60s to present
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Herbie Hancock
Latin America or African Influence
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Fusion of Bluegrass and Folk Music
New Groups - 60s to present
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Who are notable Bluegrass and Folk music artists?
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

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