Ragtime
The king of ragtime
Who is Scott Joplin?
His father was this
What is a slave?
This mean you feel sad
What is to sing the blues?
Jazz musicians change the music to show this.
What is emotion?
This word means to make the music up as you go along
What is improvisation?
The city where ragtime began
What is St. Louis?
His mother was this
What is a free black woman?
Blues was first played with this many instruments
What is one or two?
The 1920's started this period of time
What is The Jazz Age?
This word means someone who can play very fast
What is a finger zinger?
paper punched with holes and fed through a player piano
What are piano rolls?
His teacher was from this country
What is Germany?
This composer wrote Rhapsody In Blue
Who is George Gershwin?
This word means "spirit, energy, and vigor"
What is jasm?
This word means the type of jazz found in the south
What is Dixieland?
notes written down on paper
What is sheet music?
He played this instrument
What is the piano?
Blues singer and guitarist BB King named his guitar this
What is Lucille?
Jazz was played on these boats traveling on the Mississippi river
What are steamboats?
This word means to sing syllables instead of words
What is scatting?
The rag used in the movie "The Sting"
What is The Entertainer?
This rag made him famous
What is The Maple Leaf Rag?
Blues and jazz began in this city
What is New Orleans?
Jazz was also played in these illegal nightclubs
What are speakeasies?
This word means someone who does not play well at all
What is a rusty gate?