Blues
Ragtime
Jazz
Music Vocabulary
Instruments of the orchestra
100

3 lined poem

What are the 12 bar blues?

100

Ragged and happy

What are the characteristics of ragtime?

100

Blues and ragtime

What makes up Jazz?

100

Louds and softs

What are dynamics?

100

Where does the violin belong?

What is he string family

200

West Africa

Where did blues have its roots?

200

Scott Joplin

Who was the king of ragtime?

200

Smooth and syncopated 

What are the characteristics of Jazz?

200

Shape of music

What is form?

200

What family does the trombone come from?

What is the brass family?

300

Sad and slow.

What are the characteristics of blues?

300

1895-1919

When did ragtime begin?

300

1920

When did Jazz have its start?

300

Highs and lows

what is pitch?

300

Where does the Timpani come from?

What is the percussion family?

400

I IV V

What are the three main chords in the blues?

400

New Orleans

Where did ragtime begin?

400

Southern States

Where did Jazz have its start?

400

Repeated rhythmic pattern

What is ostinato?

400

Where does the clarinet come from?

What is the woodwind family?

500

Flattened note

What music note are the blues famous for?

500

Piano

What is the main instrument used in Ragrime?

500

Saxophone

What is the main instrument used in jazz?

500

Speed of music

What is tempo?

500

What are the instrument families of the orchestra?

What are the string, brass, percussion and woodwind families?

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