Chapter 8/9 Test Review

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Distinctive trait of early jazz built on asteady “oom-pah” style played in the left hand and the Right hand shifts theaccents and embellishes the melodic lines

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Stride Piano

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1920’s style of New Orleans jazz with small bands,little instrument duplication, and a melody/lead line that stands out while theothers are intentionally less obvious

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Dixieland Jazz

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The special rhythmic character that jazzmusicians add to the music that causes the music to be predictable, dance music

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Swing

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A complex and sophisticated type of improvisedjazz meant for just listening

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Bebop

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A more “progressive” and “cool” jazz which incorporated simpler melodies and rhythms

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Hard Bop

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A style of jazz that combined jazz and rock

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Fusion

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Urban-contemporary jazz style with aneasy-listening appealname

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Smooth jazz

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A musical form distinguished by its reliance onimprovisation and its rhythmic urgency

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Jazz

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The simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms

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Polyrhythms

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One instrument gives the “call” while the other “responds” with a different rhythmic gesture

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Call and Response

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A form of vocal improvisation on nonsense syllables (such as doo-wah and doo-wee)

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Scat singing

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1930’s phenomenon that performed swing music with more people, instrument duplication, and meant for high-motion dances such as the Jitterbug and Lindy Hop

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Big Band

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A connective part of a composition

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Bridge

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In the 1850’s, where did jazz start?

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New Orleans

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What were the three influences of beginning jazz?

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Spirituals, blues, and brass bands

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A good stride pianist could imitate an entire what?

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An entire band

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Due to stride piano, what instrument became a key role in jazz?

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Piano

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“Jelly Roll” Morton created a band and arranged parts of his compositions as sheet music because he was driven by what?

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Money

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Which river spread jazz to other parts of the country?

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Mississippi River

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Which decade began the progressive “jazz age” era, where women were allowed to vote, teens dressed more provocatively, and jazz started to spread to different races? (Hint: “The Roaring _____’s”)

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1920's

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Instrumentalists used instruments to improvise. Singers used what vocal technique to improvise?

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Scatting

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Louis Armstrong brought jazz to what city by being part of the first popular jazz band there?

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Chicago

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Louis Armstrong made what technique a standard for jazz?

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Scat Singing

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What was Benny Goodman’s nickname?

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"King of Swing"

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Benny Goodman was known for having the first what?

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Interracial Big Band performing

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Which instrument replaced the clarinet as the favored instrument for jazz solos?

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Saxophone

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Which became the standard form for jazz set by swing?

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32 bars: AABA

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Beboppers referred to themselves as…

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Artists

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What happened to jazz when rock n' roll exploded due to the Beatles?

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Lost its mainstream popularity

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What style of jazz dominates today?

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No one style dominates: all are present

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Which statements are about swing? Which statements are about Bebop?

Dance music, Big Band, listening only, improvised, defined form, small combo,

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swing, swing, bebop, bebop, swing, bebop

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Put the following jazz musicians/creators in chronological order from earliest jazz to current jazz:

Benny Goodman -Miles Davis -“Dizzy” Gillespie and Charlie Parker -“Jelly Roll” Morton -Louis Armstrong -Wynton Marsalis

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1. "Jelly Roll" Morton

2. Louis Armstrong

3. Bennie Goodman

4. "Dizzy" Gillespie and Charlie Parker

5. Miles Davis

6. Wynton Marsalis

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What kind of jazz did "Jelly Roll" Morton play?

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Early jazz: New Orleans style

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What kind of jazz did Louis Armstrong play?

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Dixieland Jazz in Chicago

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What kind of jazz was Benny Goodman part of?

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Big Band Era

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What kind of jazz did "Dizzy" Gillespie and Charlie Parker play/create?

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Bebop

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What kind of jazz did Miles Davis play?

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Fusion and "cool jazz"

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What kind of jazz was Wynton Marsalis part of?

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Today's jazz influence