Jazz

Question 1

Ragtime decades

Answer 1

1890s - mid 1910 (also before)

Question 2

Ragtime instrumentation

Answer 2

Only piano, sometimes banjo

Question 3

Famous ragtime composers

Answer 3

Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin, James Scott, Joseph Lamb

Question 4

What cultures strongly influenced ragtime

Answer 4

African and western

Question 5

Is ragtime improvised

Answer 5

No it is written out sheet music

Question 6

Ragtime left hand

Answer 6

Stride technique, on beat/no syncopation, note on Beats 1 and 3 chord on 2 and 4

Question 7

Ragtime melody

Answer 7

Played in right hand with syncopation, regular phrasing

Question 8

Dixieland decades

Answer 8

1920s-1930s

Question 9

Dixieland rhythm section roles and instrumentation

Answer 9

Rhythm section - piano and banjo/guitar repeat chords (comping), baseline in tuba/double bass, drums kick on 1 and 3 snare on 2 and 4

Question 10

Where does Dixieland originate from

Answer 10

New Orleans

Question 11

Dixieland frontline

Answer 11

Frontline - trumpet/cornet playing melody, trombone playing low harmonies to melody and clarinet high harmonies and countermelodies

Question 12

Did Dixieland use improv

Answer 12

Yes, it was known as collective improvisation when the frontline instruments all improvised together

Question 13

Dixieland harmony

Answer 13

12 Bar Blues frequently used, piano and banjo crotchets

Question 14

Dixieland artists

Answer 14

Louis Armstrong

Question 15

Big Band decades

Answer 15

1930s - 1940s

Question 16

Big Band known artists

Answer 16

Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller

Question 17

Big Band improvisation?

Answer 17

No, it was written out as there were so many players

Question 18

Big Band frontline instrumentation normally

Answer 18

Saxophones, trombones, trumpets
Sax was normally the leading solo instrument

Question 19

Big Band rhythm section instruments

Answer 19

Double bass, piano, drums, sometimes guitar

Question 20

Big band drums

Answer 20

Swing rhythms

Question 21

Big band instrument techniques

Answer 21

Mutes, growling, glissandi

Question 22

Bebop decades

Answer 22

1940s-1950s

Question 23

Bebop artists

Answer 23

Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk

Question 24

Bebop features

Answer 24

Extended chords
Fast tempo
Rhythm section
Chromaticism and dissonance
Walking bass
AABA popular structure
Intense virtuosic solos
Unpredictable off beats(bombs)
Improvisation

Question 25

Cool jazz decades

Answer 25

1950s to 1960s

Question 26

Cool Jazz artists

Answer 26

Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz

Question 27

Cool Jazz features

Answer 27

Relaxed tempo Soft timbres Brass dominate Use of some classical instruments