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38 Cards in this Set
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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? |
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, |
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 |
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? |
Early jazz: New Orleans style |
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What kind of jazz did Louis Armstrong play? |
Dixieland Jazz in Chicago |
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What kind of jazz was Benny Goodman part of? |
Big Band Era |
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What kind of jazz did "Dizzy" Gillespie and Charlie Parker play/create? |
Bebop |
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What kind of jazz did Miles Davis play? |
Fusion and "cool jazz" |
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What kind of jazz was Wynton Marsalis part of? |
Today's jazz influence |