Jazz Test 1

Front 1

a common (12-bar) musical form in which the harmonic scheme includes primarily the I, IV, and V chords

Back 1

12-bar blues form

Front 2

the pulse implied by the music

Back 2

beat

Front 3

the B section of a 32-bar AABA form

Back 3

bridge

Front 4

a group of three or more notes of a scale -- built on thirds

Back 4

chord

Front 5

one time through the form of a tune

Back 5

chorus

Front 6

a person descended from or culturally related to the original French settlers of the southern United States, esp. Louisiana ; the French dialect spoken by these people

Back 6

Creole

Front 7

the feeling that a piece of music or a player is going twice as fast as the tempo, although the chord progressions continue at the original rate

Back 7

double time

Front 8

a musical melody or theme, usually stated at the beginning and the end of a jazz performance

Back 8

head

Front 9

to decorate and rework a melody or parts of a melody

Back 9

paraphrase

Front 10

syncopate (term applied in late 1800s--early 1900s)

Back 10

rag (rag a tune, rag a rhythm)

Front 11

the result of the various durations of sounds and silences

Back 11

rhythm

Front 12

ascending or descending prescribed pattern of notes

Back 12

scale

Front 13

early piano style in which left hand serves a dual function by playing bass notes on beats 1 and 3 and chords on beats 2 and 4; right hand plays melody

Back 13

stride piano

Front 14

the relative speed at which beats occur

Back 14

tempo

Front 15

a person descended from or culturally related to the Spanish and Portuguese settlers of the Gulf States

Back 15

Creole

Front 16

a style of bass line in which each beat receives a separate tone, thus creating a moving sequence of quarter notes in the bass range

Back 16

walking bass

Front 17

a common musical form comprised of an 8-bar section which is repeated, an 8-bar section of contrasting material, and a repetition of the first 8-bar section

Back 17

32-bar AABA form

Front 18

a short rhythmic-melodic solo played by an instrument or singer between ensemble passages

Back 18

break

Front 19

the sequence of accompaniment chords for a tune, often used as the basis of a jazz improvisation

Back 19

changes (chord changes, chord progression)

Front 20

harmonic accompaniment, that is, chords played on every beat (every quarter note) by keyboard, guitar, or banjo

Back 20

chording

Front 21

evolved from chording. harmonic accompaniment, that is chords played sporadically , at musicians discretion.

Back 21

comping

Front 22

a person of mixed Black and European ancestry who speaks a creolized language, especially one based on French or Spanish (Jelly Roll Morton)

Back 22

Creole of color

Front 23

Name the parts of a drumset.

Back 23

snare drum, small tom tom, large (floor) tom tom, bass (kick) drum, ride cymbal, crash cymbal, hi-hat

Front 24

indicates how beats are grouped, ie, how many beats per measure

Back 24

meter

Front 25

play a segment of a well-known tune within one's improvised solo

Back 25

quote

Front 26

same as bridge

Back 26

release

Front 27

section of a jazz group comprised of some combination of piano, bass, drums, guitar, etc.., which provide rhythmic, harmonic and textural support beneath the soloist

Back 27

rhythm section

Front 28

the practice of playing melodic instruments in highly percussive ways

Back 28

rhythmization

Front 29

jazz improvisation using the human voice as an instrument w/ nonsense syllables (dwee, ool, ya, bop, bam) instead of words

Back 29

scat singing

Front 30

an anticipation of the beat, often accented (a function of rhythm)

Back 30

syncopation

Front 31

alternation of soloing between instruments for four bars each (often b/t drums and melodic instruments

Back 31

trading fours

Front 32

-trumpet player
-born in New Orleans
-in Chicago formed his own group called the Hot 5 (sometimes Hot 7)
-moved collective solo to single solo
-became a movie star

Back 32

Louis Armstrong

Front 33

-pianist
-brassy type music (trumpet like)
-great soloist
-born in Pittsburgh

Back 33

Earl "Fatha" Hines

Front 34

-clarinet player
-born in New Orleans
-member of Hot 5/7
-music was considered 'raw'

Back 34

Johnny Dodds

Front 35

-pianist
-born in New Jersey
-father of stride piano

Back 35

James P. Johnson

Front 36

-most famous composer of ragtime music
-maple leaf rag
-pianist

Back 36

Scott Joplin

Front 37

-pianist
-most significant composer from New Orleans
-worked w/ Red Hot Peppers
-helped bridge the gap b/t ragtime piano style and jazz piano style

Back 37

Jelly Roll Morton

Front 38

-trumpet player
-had own group called 'Creole Jazz Band'

Back 38

Joe "King" Oliver

Front 39

-trombone player
-member of Red Hot Peppers

Back 39

Kid Ory