Jazz
The famous Jazz musician we spoke about in class.
Who is Duke Ellington
The ____________group of instruments in the orchestra.
What are "largest"
This is the largest woodwind instrument and has to be played sitting down
What is the bassoon
There are both ____________and _____________ percussion instruments
What are pitched and non-pitched
Marian Paroo was both ______________and ____________
What are piano teacher and librarian
Music from these two continents influenced Jazz
What are Africa and Europe
This instrument has to be played sitting down
What is the Cello
This is the lowest sounding brass instrument
What is the tuba
This is the only drum that can be tuned to different pitches
What is the Timpani/Kettle drum
Who is Harold Hill
Jazz borrowed singing style, rhythm and __________ from one continent
What is improvisation
This instrument has to be played standing up
What is the Bass
These, in most brass instruments, are pressed on to change the pitch
What are valves
This instrument is also classified as a percussion instrument though it does not look like on on the outside
What is the piano
This brought the band instruments to River City
The Wells Fargo Wagon
Jazz borrowed marching band instruments and ____________from the other continent.
What is harmony
This instrument has 47 strings and is played sitting down
What is the harp
Many woodwinds have this in the mouthpiece
What is reed
The triangle is left open on one side in order for us to play different ___________
what are pitches
This was the number of trombones that played in the big parade.
The two differences between Jazz and ragtime
what are improvization and the different 8th notes
These are the four main string instruments in the orchestra
What are the violin, viola, cello and bass
This instrument is classified a woodwind despite never being made out of wood.
What is the saxophone
This instrument looks a lot like a miniature xylophone
What is a glockenspiel
This was the name of the music man's revolutionary method of teaching how to play band instruments
What is the "Think System"