Standard Jazz Instruments
This instrument looks like a black tube and has silver keys on it.
What is Clarinet
This genre of Jazz is known for being very fast and is often described as "Bouncy."
What is Bebop
This instrument got introduced in Jazz funk. It has strings and it is powered by electricity. It typically plays higher sounds
What is The Electric Guitar
This type of Jazz is the newest form of Jazz that started in the 1990s to early 2000s. It is known for being very slow
What is Smooth Jazz
This instrument is shaped like the letter J and is gold in color
What is a saxophone
This genre of Jazz is played by piano only and there are no improvisations.
What is ragtime
This new Jazz Instrument got introduced in Jazz Funk. It has keys that are black and white and is played using your fingers. It is also powered by electricity
What is Electric Pianos/Synthesizers
This type of Jazz was introduced in the 1970s and 1980s. It sounds like rock and uses a lot of electric instruments.
What is Jazz Funk
This instrument is a long gold tube with a slide on it. It often plays lower sounds
What is a Trombone
This genre of jazz is often about sad things and was one of the earliest forms of jazz
What is The Blues
This Instrument in Jazz got introduced in Jazz Funk. It has strings, is powered by electricity, but plays very low sounds.
What is the Electric Bass Guitar
This type of Jazz was introduced in the early 1900s. It is also known as marching jazz, and everyone improvises at once.
This instrument is a short folded up tube with valves on it. It often plays higher sounds
What is a Trumpet
This genre of Jazz adds Brazilian and Columbian styles to it. It also added new instruments like the Timbales, Claves, Wood blocks, and Cow bells.
What is Latin Jazz
This instrument got introduced in the Latin Jazz era. It looks like two darkly colored sticks and is played by hitting them together. (hint I demonstrated these in class)
What is the Claves
This type of Jazz emerged int the 1940s as a reaction to bebop Jazz. It focused more on the main melody and was often slower.
What is Cool Jazz
This instrument is a set of wooden tubes that when hit with a stick make a sound
What is a drum-set
This Genre of Jazz is known as Big Band Jazz and uses all of the different kinds of instruments. The music tended to "sway" back and forth.
What is swing
This instrument got introduced in Latin Jazz. It looks like two metal drums on a stand.
What is the Timbales
This kind of Jazz came out in the 1890s. It is typically only played by Piano and there are no improvisations. It is used in Western movies in the Saloon scenes.
What is Ragtime