Who Am I
I grew up in a rough part of New Orleans called "The Battleground". I played cornet in the Kid Ory Band, filling in for King Oliver. I formed two of my bands, the Hot Five and the Hot Seven. I popularized scat singing and was the first African American to be featured in a Hollywood film.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This states official song is "Georgia on My Mind" written by Louis Armstrong
What is Georgia?
I am a smaller version of a trumpet but we look exactly alike. Louis Armstrong and Scott Joplin would use my to play in their jazz bands as traveling musicians
What is a cornet?
From this age on in my life I was fully blind
What is 7 years old?
I get 1 beat of sound and it takes 4 of me to make up a measure of music
What is a quarter note?
I was born in Newport News, VA. I love to enter talent shows and always win the shows I enter. I formed my own band after my mentor passed away. I recorded a nursery rhyme that sold over 1 million copies
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
What is New Orleans, LA?
Playing or singing alone or while the rest of the band/choir is quiet
What is soloing?
A writing system that blind people use that involve feeling for raised dots
What is braille?
I commonly get confused for 2 beats instead of 1. You also can count me as Ti Ti
What is an eighth note?
I was born in Texas and my mom and dad were slaves before I was born. My family and I moved to Texarkana, Arkansas. I taught myself piano at 7 years old. I quit my railroad job to become a traveling musician. I wrote rags such as the Entertainer, Maple Leaf Rag and the Peacherine Rag
Who is Scott Joplin?
Joplin came here to attend and play in a band at the World's Fair
What is Chicago, IL?
My big, gigantic mouth gave me this nickname
What is Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong?
I am one city that is located in 2 states and the Joplins lived on my Arkansas side
What is Texarkana?
When you put all of the space notes on a musical staff together, this is the word that it spells
What is FACE?
I taught Scott Joplin music lessons for free. I introduced him to types of music such as opera, classical and folk
Who is Julius Weiss?
You can go and visit Scott Joplin's house today in this city
What is St. Louis, MO?
Create and perform music spontaneously or without preparation, making music up as you go
What is improvising?
I am the nursery rhyme that Ella Fitzgerald recorded that sold over 1 million copies and ended up number 1 on the charts
What is "A Tisket A Tasket"?
I am a saying or acronym that people use to remember line notes on a musical staff
What is Every Good Boy Does Fine?
The band leader and drummer of the Tiny Bradshaw band that Ella Fitzgerald won the lead singer job with
Who is Chick Webb?
Ray Charles mother sent Ray to this school when he was young in order to continue improving his musical skills
What is the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, FL?
The use of nonsense syllables and words to mimic instruments for improvising
What is scat singing?
I am the medical condition that Scott Joplin died from at Manhattan State Hospital. This condition affected my coordination and piano skills.
What is syphilitic dementia?
When you add me to a note I make that note longer by one beat
What is a dot?