Elements of Music
Melody
What is the most memorable aspect of music?
Pitch
What is the highness and lowness of a sound?
The Mother Of Blues
Who is Ma Rainey?
Empress Of the Blues
Who is Bessie Smith
The 1920's was referred to as The _______
What is the "Jazz Age"
Dynamics
What is the various levels of volume or intensity in a musical performance?
Rhythm
What is The organized arrangement of sound and periods of silence represented by musical notes and rests
Famous Artist nicknamed Satchmo
Who is Louis Armstrong?
American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than six decades.
Who is Duke Ellington?
Where Jazz Music Started
What is New Orleans?
Tempo
What is the speed or pace at which a piece of music is performed?
Texture
What is the various layers of sound, lines, or voices interact and relate to each other within a piece of music?
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer who was hated by others. He was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated.
Who is Jelly Roll Morton?
He was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Carefree Young women in the 1920's/ young Female Dancers
What are flappers?
Harmony
What is the combination of different musical notes played or sung together to create a pleasing or agreeable sound
Form
What is the organization of a musical composition into its various parts and sections, creating a recognizable structure or blueprint?
American singer and actress. She frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues.
Who is Ethel Waters?
American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed his own jazz orchestra and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording.
Who is Count Bassie?
Where Jazz Music Migrated too.
What is Chicago & New York?
Timbre
What is the unique quality or tone color of a sound?
Meter
What is the regular pattern of strong and weak beats that organizes time, creating a rhythmic framework for a piece.
This funny, talented music artist had copy written over 400 song in his career.
Who is Fats Waller?
Louis Armstrong started singing scat music during a performance because he _________ his sheet music on stage at the beginning of a song.
What is Dropped
Millions of African Americans moved from the rural South to northern cities like Harlem in search of better economic opportunities and escape from Jim Crow laws, creating vibrant Black communities. A core goal was to express pride in Black life and culture, challenging stereotypes and promoting a new, self-determined Black identity.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?