Introducing Jazz

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Introducing Jazz

Comprehension Questions

Answer the following questions based on what you learn from the program.

Part One – Elements of Jazz

1. Since its birth in ______at the turn of the twentieth century,

jazz has continually been ______, inventing and adapting.

2. Name three sub-genres of Jazz.

3. What are some less-common instruments used in Jazz ensembles?

4. Jazz cats don’t like ______.

5. Describe ‘swing’ in Jazz.

6. What is it called when a musician is composing while playing?

7. True / False: The major pentatonic scale is often used for improvising.

8. What note is added to the minor pentatonic scale to create a blues scale?

Part Two – Origins of Jazz

9. Which city is associated with the birth of Jazz?

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Introducing Jazz

Comprehension Questions

10. The African influence is often the ______and the European

influence was the ______and the ______.

11. Name some other foreign influences that inspired elements of Jazz.

12. In Ragtime music, the piano player kept the beat with the ______hand and

played the ______melody with their ______hand.

Part Three – The Evolution of Jazz

13. When was the Jazz Age?

14. What decade saw the rise of Dixieland jazz?

15. Which era was from 1935 to 1945?

16. True or False: In 1940s Bebop music, musicians improvised around a melody.

17. In 1950s Cool Jazz, ______became important again and the

______elements were retained.

18. What’s the difference between Cool Jazz and Hard Bop which followed it?

19. In 1970s and 1980s, Jazz fused with ______to create Progressive Rock.