Lesson 1 | Minor scale |
A diatonic, seven-note scale that progresses in whole (W) and half (H) steps according to the W W H W W W H pattern is known as: | Major scale |
What musical term is used to describe the speed of the beat? | Tempo |
The function of the clef is to indicate the range of pitches to be played. | True |
What fundamental element of music may be defined as "the succession of articulated durations"? | Rhythm |
The span of eight letter-name notes is called: | Octave |
Piano music is typically notated using the _________ staff. | Grand |
According to the text, the most common clefs are: | Treble and bass |
The distance between any two adjacent keys on the piano is called a: | Semitone |
The placement of the notes on the staff indicates their duration. | False |
Lesson 2 | Tonality |
Which of the following is a distinctive characteristic of blues music? | Pitch Bending |
What is the interval between C and E? | Third |
A blue note is produced by: | Pitch bending |
A pitch that doesn’t quite fit in the traditional 12-note scale. | Blue note |
An accent on an unexpected part of the measure, that strengthens weak beats and undermines the strong ones produces: | Syncopation |
Three or more notes sounding together. | Chord |
A chord in which each note is separated from the next by a third is known as a: | Triad |
A single repetition of the chord progression used to organize music in an improvisation. | Chorus |
Several different rhythms sounding at the same time. | Polyrhythm |
A 12-bar blues chorus normally consists of what formal scheme? | A A B |
There is general consensus that jazz is characterized by three essential features. These three essential features are: | Improvisation, swing feeling, bluesy flavor |
Lesson 3 | Walking bass |
In jazz, the general label for any wind instrument is | horn |
What musical feature distinguishes ragtime melodies from the ones used in the marches of brass bands? | Almost constant syncopation |
While seemingly very dissimilar, ragtime piano and the marches played by brass bands actually shared much in common. Only one characteristic below is unique to ragtime piano. Which one is it? | Abundant syncopation in the melody above the steady duple background is unique to ragtime piano. |
Early (or rural) blues may be readily distinguished from classic (or urban) blues in several ways. Which statement below is NOT accurate? | Even in early (or rural) blues, the 12-bar form was firmly established. |
Which of the following refers to the rhythmic, improvised accompaniment on piano? | Comping |
Which of the following was NOT influential to the origins of jazz? | Avant-garde European art music |
Which of the following was NOT the first Mississippi Delta Blues singer, but arguably the most influential? | Robert Johnson |
Which of the following refers to the method of playing string instruments by plucking instead of bowing? | Pizzicato |
According to the text, which of the following is a characteristic that ragtime shares with the marches of brass bands? | Duple meter |
Which of the following genres of music primarily featured female perspectives and musicians? | Classic blues |
Which of the following is a synonym for "urban blues"? | Classic blues |
What music genre would he following excerpt best fit in? | Ragtime |
In America, the African call-and-response tradition may be traced from early African-American music through the blues and into jazz. What distinctive characteristic do we hear in call-and-response in jazz music? | A new call begins before the previous response has finished, thereby overlapping it. |
Which one of the following is NOT true of jazz? | The music reflects the experience of the New Orleans upper class, who had the leisure time to create it |
Lesson 4 | Bix Beiderbecke |
Which of the following best describes "Dixieland Jazz"? | A term for New Orleans-style jazz played by white bands |
Which musician fits the following description? | Buddy Bolden |
The group of jazz musicians known as the Austin High Gang was affiliated with which city’s jazz scene? | Chicago, IL |
New York jazz musicians of the 1920s were known for their exceptional skill on brass instruments due to the high concentration of classically-trained brass players in the city. | False |
Which of the following describes a characteristic feature of New Orleans jazz in which multiple instrumentalists improvise together, creating a distinctive polyphony? | collective improvisation |
Which of the following describes a point in the music, normally at the turnaround, when all the instrumentalists except one stop playing, allowing that one performer to begin or end a solo improvisation with a virtuosic flourish? | Break |
In New Orleans jazz, a second melody (or counter-melody) played on clarinet, subordinate to the principal melody played on cornet, is known as: | Obbligato melody |
Which of the following describes a style of jazz piano derived from ragtime? (Hint: New Orleans and Harlem were both important in its development.) | Stride piano |
Which musician fits the following description? An early important white saxophonist, he played the distinctive C-melody saxophone and had a linear approach to improvisation. | Frankie Trumbauer |
The banjo plays a solo during the first 30 seconds of Jelly Roll Morton’s "Black Bottom Stomp." | False |
Which musician fits the following description? A cornetist, trumpeter, and band leader, he was one of the great early New Orleans jazz musicians and the first great jazz solo improviser, known for spontaneous, swinging melodies. | Louis Armstrong |
Composer, pianist, and band leader, he was one of the great early New Orleans jazz musicians and one of the first musicians to bring together elements of ragtime piano and blues in a rhythmic manner that suggested swing eighth notes. | Jelly Roll Morton |
Which of the following best describes "scat singing"? | Singing nonsense syllables while improvising a melodic vocal solo |
Which musician fits the following description? A clarinetist and soprano saxophonist, he was one of the great early New Orleans jazz musicians, known for his blues-infused improvisations. | Sidney Bechet |
Which musician fits the following description? A pianist and composer, he was known as the "father of stride piano." "The Charleston" was one of his popular pieces. | James P. Johnson |
Lesson 5 The first great tenor saxophonist, he developed a warm, full sound that was emulated by many who came after him. | Coleman Hawkins |
A pioneer in the emerging swing style of jazz; his charts featured a call-and-response that would pit the reeds against the brass, which became a model for most of the swing bands that followed; "Wrappin’ It Up" was one of his band’s notable pieces | Fletcher Henderson |
Which of the following is not a component of Fletcher Henderson’s charts? | Percussion |
Which of the following musicians was known for his growl style? | Cootie Williams |
A pioneer in the emerging swing style of jazz; his charts featured a call-and-response that would pit the reeds against the brass, which became a model for most of the swing bands that followed; "Wrappin’ It Up" was one of his band’s notable pieces: | Fletcher Henderson |
Which musician fits the following description? The greatest composer of the swing era; pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader; he had an extraordinary knack for utilizing the distinctive sounds of his sidemen in his charts. | Duke Ellington |
Which musician fits the following description? A French gypsy guitarist, he is considered the first great European jazz musician. | Django Reinhardt |
Which musician fits the following description? A star trumpeter who developed a "growl style" of playing that lent the trumpet a more vocal quality; featured soloist on East St. Louis Toodle-Oo. | Bubber Miley |
One of the great jazz pianists coming out of the stride tradition, he possessed extraordinary facility, combining dazzling technique with a marvelous feel for the blues; he is noted for his chord substitutions, and is reputed to have never lost a cutting contest: | Art Tatum |
Which musician fits the following description? Tenor saxophonist, he joined Ellington’s band in 1940; his "airy" ballad style solos were so tuneful that they often sounded as though they could have been the original song: | Ben Webster |
The first 50 seconds of "East St. Louis Toodle-oo" feature a "wa-wa" solo by Joe Nanton on the trombone | False |
Which musician fits the following description? Alto saxophonist, the most celebrated soloist in Ellington’s orchestra; his sultry, ballad style of playing is featured on a number of tunes, notably "Warm Valley." | Johnny Hodges |
One of Fletcher Henderson’s major contributions to the Swing style was the way he structured his band. Which statement accurately describes this organization? | The band would be divided into three sections: reeds, brass, and rhythm. |
The use of the growl style gave the brass a more vocal quality, and contributed to: | The "Ellington Effect" |
Lesson 6 | Young’s tone was heavier than Hawkins’, with more vibrato |
Count Basie pared down the role of piano in the rhythm section and pioneered the spontaneous, off-the-beat style of playing known as | comping |
One of the first masters of the walking bass, his association with Basie goes back to the 1920s. He possessed a superb sense of timing that helped promote the bass to its role as principal timekeeper in the band. | Walter Page |
Which piece played by the Count Basie band features a series of alternating solos between the tenor saxophonist and the pianist-—even to the point of "trading fours" in the fourth chorus? | "Lester Leaps In" |
"A-tisket, A-tasket" was Ella Fitzgerald’s big first hit after the Chick Webb Orchestra disbanded in 1942. | False |
Count Basie’s band first came to prominence in which city? | Kansas City |
Which of the following musicians fits this description? | Ella Fitzgerald |
The Benny Goodman Sextet’s "I Found a New Baby" features one of the first electric guitar solos in jazz. Which of the following musicians plays the electric guitar in that recording? | Charlie Christian |
Which of the following is considered one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time? | Billie Holliday |
Which of the following musicians fits this description? The most outstanding soloist in Count Basie’s band, he was a tenor saxophonist noted for a linear style of playing that conveyed progressive harmonic implications. He was nicknamed "Pres." | Lester Young |
The first great electric guitarist in jazz was: | Charlie Christian |
Which of the following musicians fits this description? He played acoustic guitar in count Basie’s orchestra. His approach added a buoyancy to the Basie rhythm section that no other big band had. | Freddie Green |
Which of the following musicians fits this description? One of the first vibraphonists, he established own orchestra after a sideman stint with Benny Goodman. | Lionel Hampton |
Which of the following musicians fits this description? Pianist and band leader, he developed a more relaxed, swinging style of jazz. | Count Basie |
Which of the following denotes a short, catchy melodic gesture? | Riff |
Which of the following musicians fits this description? He was one of the earliest drummers to play the ride rhythm on the hi-hat as it was opening and closing, producing a smoother, more sustained rhythm. | Jo Jones |
Which of the following musicians fits this description? The leader of one of the few white bands regarded as "hot" by black jazz musicians, he popularized swing for the broader American population. In a racially segregated America, he crossed the color line by hiring African Americans to play in his combos. | Benny Goodman |
Which of the following musicians fits this description? Nicknamed "Lady Day," she is considered by many the most expressive and deeply moving jazz vocalist of any era. | Billie Holiday |
MHL 145 - Subjecto.com (2023)
References
- https://subjecto.com/flashcards/mhl-145/
- https://jazzfuel.com/dixieland-jazz/
- https://graysonnewsadams.blogspot.com/2022/04/which-of-following-best-describes.html
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