Native American
Folk Songs
Blues
Jazz
Vocabulary
100
Native Americans believed that __________________ created music
What is the gods?
100
American folk songs flourished in the 1800s and early 1900s, spanning these two musical eras.
What is The Romantic and Nationalism?
100
The typical blues is this long.
What is 12 bars? or 12 measures?
100
Making something up on the spot
What is improvising?
100
Volume
What are dynamics?
200
"O Hal L'we" Compares women to this.
What is the oak tree?
200
The composer of "Oh Susanna", "Camptown Races", and "She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" among many others
Who is Stephen Foster?
200
He was the father of the blues.
Who is W. C. Handy?
200
This famous American trumpeter, otherwise known as "Sachmo", made his first appearance in New York City Jazz Clubs in 1924.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
200
Speed of the beat
What is Tempo?
300
In order to pass down information from one generation to the next, Native Americans used this technique
What is word of mouth? or Orally?
300
In this form of composition, a main melody is played once and then it is changed in someway.
What is Theme and Variation?
300
When one writes lyrics for the blues, he or she uses this format.
What is AAB?
300
Duke Ellington's "Take the 'A' Train specifically refers to this.
What is a subway line?
300
The tone color of a piece of music, or descriptive words for the sound.
What is Timbre?
400
This symbol embodies a spiritual energy, connecting spirit and body together
What is a circle?
400
"Simple Gifts" is a song about simplicity that originated in this society in early America.
What is the Shakers?
400
The blues utilizes only three chords. Name them
What is I, IV and V chords?
400
This kind of music is credited with bridging a racial gap in American society during the 1930s
What is swing?
400
The musical layering of instruments, styles, and other elements can all be described as this.
What is Texture?
500
These were ceremonial gatherings in which a tribe would get together to dance, sing, and socialize.
What is a pow wow?
500
This American composer took the melody to "Simple Gifts" and expanded it to accompany his ballet entitled "Appalachian Spring"
Who is Aaron Copland?
500
The blues sounds like it does today because it originated from these songs, sung in fields as slaves worked.
What is spirituals?
500
Jazz lead to this type of music, made famous by the rise of electronic instruments and the likes of Elvis Presley
What is rock? or Rock n' Roll?
500
Rhythm that happens in the "off beats" is referred to as this. Many Jazz and Swing pieces utilize this.
What is syncopation?
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