Unit #1

Question 1

Syncopation

Answer 1

Accents in between the beats; showed up first in ragtime

Question 2

Comping

Answer 2

Piano player who accompanies the soloist

Question 3

Improvisation

Answer 3

Simultaneously composing and performing; making it up as you go; jazz musicians base it on chord progression and form

Question 4

Jazz

Answer 4

Improvisation and swing feel are the key to jazz

Question 5

Jazz styles

Answer 5

Manner in which soloist differentiate between the two styles

Question 6

Walking bass

Answer 6

Bass player plays one note on every beat

Question 7

Bridge

Answer 7

Not in blues, but in AABA form, the beat is called the bridge because it bridges the two sections

Question 8

Chorus

Answer 8

One time through the form

Question 9

Chord progression

Answer 9

Sequence of chords in a song

Question 10

Break

Answer 10

When the group stops for a second but a soloist continues

Question 11

Collective improvisation

Answer 11

When the group solos at one time; trombone, trumpet, and clarinet players are known as the front line

Question 12

Trumpet

Answer 12

In charge of the melody

Question 13

Trombone

Answer 13

In charge of the bass

Question 14

Clarinet

Answer 14

In charge of embellishing the melody

Question 15

Chicago school

Answer 15

Group of musicians that migrated to Chicago an were influenced by New Orleans artist

Question 16

Ragtime

Answer 16

Think ragtime came from banjos; popular rag came from pianos, Scott Joplin the most famous

Question 17

Scat singing

Answer 17

Louis Armstrong invented this style of inaudible singing

Question 18

Blues

Answer 18

Came from field hollars and slave songs

Question 19

Country blues

Answer 19

its earliest form didn’t have a 12 bar structure

Question 20

City blues

Answer 20

formal structure develops as well as lyrical form of AAB

Question 21

Stride

Answer 21

When a pianist starts with a low base form followed by a chord progression to a higher base form

Question 22

Front line

Answer 22

Trombone, trumpet, and clarinet

Question 23

Rhythm section

Answer 23

Percussion, bass (instruments playing bass role) and piano/guitar

Question 24

Early recording limitations

Answer 24

Couldn’t play lower bass notes like drums because the needle would skip and they were pressed for time

Question 25

Dixieland

Answer 25

Style wise, its the front line and collective improvisation

Question 26

Bands in New Orleans in the late 1800s

Answer 26

Military bands , King Oliver; played for social dances/parties

Question 27

Tempo

Answer 27

Speed of the music; rate at which the beat goes by

Question 28

Meter

Answer 28

How those beats are grouped in units; most common is four, but have three which is typically found in a Waltz

Question 29

Forms (different kinds)

Answer 29

AABA from and the 12 bar blues

Question 30

Woodwind family

Answer 30

Clarinet and saxophone

Question 31

Brass family

Answer 31

Trumpet, trombone, and tuba

Question 32

Race records

Answer 32

Music made for african americans that featured popular african american artists

Question 33

To 'rag' a piece of music

Answer 33

Playing a song in ragtime style; lots of syncopation

Question 34

Scott Joplin

Answer 34

Piano; invented ragtime

Question 35

Jelly Roll Morton

Answer 35

Piano, first authentic jazz composer; Red Hot Peppers

Question 36

James P. Johnson

Answer 36

Piano, 'father of stride', broadway composer, famous song associated with the charleston

Question 37

Fats Waller

Answer 37

Piano, prolific composer, very famous entertainer

Question 38

Earl Hines

Answer 38

Trumpet style piano player, played with Louis Armstrong, played more articulated, punchy notes to try and imitate a trumpet

Question 39

Louis Armstrong

Answer 39

Trumpet, most famous trumpet player, the first solo improviser, made scat popular, played with King Oliver and the Hot Five and the Hot Seven

Question 40

King Oliver

Answer 40

Cornet, Alligator Hop

Question 41

Bix Beiderbecke

Answer 41

Cornet/trumpet, thought to be parallel of Louis Armstrong because he was cooler and not as forceful, French composers were his inspiration

Question 42

Bessie Smith

Answer 42

Vocals

Question 43

Red Hot Peppers

Answer 43

Jelly Roll Morton's group, had a lot improvisation, bridge between jazz and ragtime, intricate changes in form

Question 44

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Answer 44

1917 became first recording group

Question 45

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

Answer 45

Louis Armstrong