Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives

Chapter 9: Jazz

Self Check Quiz

1
Where was jazz born?
A)Chicago
B)Memphis
C)New Orleans
D)St. Louis
2
For what is "Jelly Roll" Morton known?
A)New Orleans Dixieland style
B)stride piano style
C)scat singing
D)swing
3
The instrumentation that became the standard of swinging jazz bands was established by
A)Eubie Banks.
B)Fletcher Henderson.
C)Louis Armstrong.
D)Benny Goodman.
4
Singing nonsense syllables is called
A)swinging.
B)call and response.
C)bebop.
D)scat singing.
5
A complex and sophisticated type of improvised jazz is known as
A)fusion.
B)swing.
C)bebop.
D)rhythm and blues.
6
A measure or two in which everyone stops playing except the soloist is called a
A)break.
B)bridge.
C)fusion.
D)swing.
7
Who is credited with having written more music than any composer living or dead?
A)Benny Goodman
B)Charlie Parker
C)"Duke" Ellington
D)Louis Armstrong
8
Melodies that incorporate tones from a musical scale consisting entirely of half steps are called
A)chromatic.
B)Dorian.
C)jazz.
D)polyrhythmic.
9
Which instruments were introduced to jazz by fusion?
A)guitar
B)electronic keyboard
C)clarinet
D)saxophone
10
The Dorian mode is a scale
A)with the pattern of whole step, half, whole, whole, whole, half, and whole.
B)a pattern of all half steps.
C)a pattern of all whole steps.
D)a pattern of whole step, half, whole, half, whole, half.
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