Basic Music Elements
A single pitch in music
What is a music note?
A key element of jazz music where a soloist performs by making up a solo as he/she goes.
What is improvisation?
Miles Davis performed on this instrument.
What is the trumpet?
This gentleman learned how to perform the trumpet in Juvenile Hall.
Who is Louis Armstrong
This is the genre of Jazz was first created.
What is America?
The Main Theme of Music
What is Melody?
The Speed at which a song is performed
What is Tempo?
Sidney Bechet performed MOSTLY on this instrument.
What is the clarinet?
This artist's father wanted him to follow in his footsteps and become a Baptist preacher.
Who is Fat's Waller?
Rhythms and roots to jazz can be traced to this continent.
What is Africa?
How loud or soft jazz music is.
What are dynamics?
Esperanza Spalding was from this City.
What is Portland?
DAILY DOUBLE: Scott Joplin was the innovator of this style of music which is a pre-genre to jazz.
What is Ragtime?
Jazz first appeared in this city.
What is New Orleans?
DAILY DOUBLE: This is another word for harmony, where instruments support the main melody.
What is accompaniment?
TBone Walker was famous for playing this type of guitar.
What is the Electric Guitar?
The song Chameleon was created by this jazz fusion artist.
Who is Herbie Hancock?
Jazz was merging of African and this other continents style of music.
What is Europe?
Bass, Guitar, Piano, and Drums form this section of a Jazz group.
What is the Rhythm Section?
Stephane' Grappelli was known for performing on this instrument.
What is the violin?
Blues, Spirituals, and Jazz can be traced to these oppressed African descendants.
Who are slaves?
This is the decade in which jazz was first popularized.
What is the 1920's?