Box of Chocolates (You never know what you're going to get...)
100
An emphasis on a note or chord.
What is an accent?
100
Musical exchanges between a leader and the group.
What is call and response?
100
This famous bandleader was one of the first to racially integrate his band.
Who is Benny Goodman?
100
Based on the march, this is a syncopated music style, generally played on piano.
What is ragtime?
100
The birthplace of jazz.
What is New Orleans?
200
A sound "frequency" such as A-440.
What is a pitch?
200
A dance or outdoor type of music with two beats per measure. John Phillip Sousa composed famously composed a number of these types of songs.
What is a march?
200
This musician emerged not only as an African-American figure of great elegance, but musically he was considered to be the foremost and greatest composer in the history of jazz.
Who is Duke Ellington?
200
This type of music relies heavily on the repeated use of riffs and was set typically in a big band. Count Basie and Glenn Miller were bandleaders of big bands that played this type of music.
What is Swing?
200
This man wrote songs for both minstrel shows and parlors. Was famous for popularizing the Parlor Song style.
Who is Steven Foster?
300
The speed of a song.
What is tempo?
300
A popular song form in which one section tells a story while another section repeats both melody and lyrics.
What is verse/chorus form?
300
This Cleveland disc jockey is credited with coining the phrase "rock and roll" as a code for Rhythm and Blues.
Who is Alan Freed?
300
The most popular dance of the 1920s.
What is the foxtrot.
300
(Listen to sound clip)
What type of song is this?
What is a march?
(The music was "Stars and Stripes Forever" - John Phillip Sousa)
400
This term describes the relationship of the various instruments in an piece of music.
What is texture?
400
A piece of popular music with three beats in a measure.
What is a waltz?
400
America's "March King". This man wrote the famous march, "Stars and Stripes Forever".
Who is John Phillip Sousa?
400
The mid-1800 entertainment form which gave rise to American musical theater.
What is a minstrel show?
400
The type of music that flourished in rural settings throughout the South.
What is country blues?
500
A term that distinguishes the tonal quality between, for example, a "C" on a trumpet and a "C" on a clarinet.
What is timbre?
500
This form is most widely used for blues songs.
What is 12-bar form?
500
The first great recorded trumpet soloist of jazz music was also an innovative vocalist, a great entertainer, and a recording and film star as well.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
500
A religious music, the name meaning "good news," which aimed to inspire and uplift listeners.
What is Gospel?
500
(Listen to music clip)
What type of music is this?
What is Swing?
(The music was "In the Mood" - Glenn Miller Band)