Jazz Test 1

Jazz test 1

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Scott Joplin is considered the most important composer of
Rags
The most widely imitated trumpeter in the first 20 years of jazz was
Louis Armstrong
The reason the party atmosphere of New Orleans is so important to the beginning of jazz is it
Generated so much work for musicians
A standard blues chord progression has
12 measures
The chords in a standard blues progression are
I, IV, V
The form of the Flintstones Theme, I Got Rhythm, and a very large percentage of pop tunes is
Is AABA
The man considered “the father of stride piano”
Was James P. Johnson
The piano technique of playing a bass note on the first and third beat of a measure and than a chord on the second and fourth beat is called
Stride
When a band stops playing for a bar or two and a soloist does a break and then the band comes back in in time its called
A solo break
An instrument besides the bass fiddle often used in early jazz rhythm sections is the
Tuba
The guitar was brought to the new world from Europe. The banjo used in early jazz was invented by
African slaves
78ʼs stands for revolutions per minute when speaking about
Early records
Jazz was born around New Orleans as a synthesis of
Blues, the Brass Bands and Rag Time
Was a jazz composer and played piano
Jelly Roll Morton
A mallet instrument layed out like a xylophone, but with metal bars and resonator tubes that can produce vibrato from a motor is a
Vibraphone