Unit 1 Flashcards
(18 cards)
Which type of music used by African American slaves evolved over time, giving birth to the blues and jazz?
work songs
Which jazz styles emerged before the 1900s?
blues, ragtime, Dixieland
Which type of notes dip or bend by a quarter or half step and swoop up to higher pitches to make jazz sound more like a human voice?
blue notes
Which style of jazz combines elements of blues and ragtime, introduces group improvisation, and is sometimes known as Dixieland?
New Orleans jazz
Which musician was not a famous big band leader during the swing era?
Dizzy Gillespie
In which country did jazz originate?
United States
Which performer was important to free jazz?
Ornette Coleman
Which styles of music were reactions to the earlier styles of bebop and swing?
hard bop and cool jazz
Which instruments make up the members of a jazz rhythm section?
piano, bass, drums
Which member of the rhythm section is responsible for providing the harmonic foundation or root of the harmony that underlies any song?
bass
Which term describes the ability to play music spontaneously by ear?
improvisation
Which type of jazz improvisation occurs when the notes of a tune are altered?
melodic improvisation
Which phrase best describes scat?
vocal improvisation in which a singer improvises melodies using nonsense syllables
Which female jazz singer is considered one of the greatest scat singers in all of jazz and whose technique has been studied by instrumentalists?
Ella Fitzgerald
Where was the location of Tin Pan Alley, the hub of the music publishing industry at the turn of the twentieth century?
New York
What is the purpose of ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC?
to protect the rights of composers and songwriters
Is this statement true or false?
Film and Broadway musicals typically include singing and dancing.
true
Which term names the music that is written specifically for a film?
film score
