Jazz History
Jazz Terms
Types of Jazz
New Orleans
More Jazz
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New Orleans, Louisianna
Where was Jazz Born?
100
the main melody instruments of a New Orleans Jazz Band.
What is the Front Line?
100
mounrful, sad, slower music used to celebrate the passing of a loved one.
What are Funeral Songs?
100
The Crescent City, NOLA, The Big Easy, Nawlins
What are other names for the City of New Orleans?
100
one person improvising a musical statement
What is Solo Improvising?
200
Joy, sadness, and rebelliousness
What are some of the emotions Jazz expresses?
200
a musical conversation where one person makes a statement and another answers it
What is Call and Response?
200
Front line and Second line marching through the New Orlean's streets.
What Parade Songs?
200
Two other countries who have owned New Orleans besides the United States.
What are Spain and France.
200
The Bass Drum accents or emphasises beat 4 in the New Orleans Groove.
What are "The Big Four"?
300
Early 1900's
What is the time period Jazz was born in New Orleans?
300
Making up music at the spur of the moment.
What is Improvisation?
300
Dixieland Jazz
What is another term for New Orleans Jazz?
300
The Indian Tribe that is native to life along the Mississippi River.
Who are the Natchez Indians?
300
the way a musician interprets the melody and lyric of a song.
What is phrasing?
400
New Orleans Groove
What is the basic rhythm of the New Orleans Jazz?
400
piano, bass, drums, bajo, guitar, or tuba.
What is the Rhythm Section?
400
using your voice or an instrument to glide into a note.
What is bending, scooping, or sliding?
400
People of Spanish, French, African, Native American, or Island people who now make Southern Louisianna their home.
Who are the Creole?
400
Improvisation techniques that vocalists borrowed from Instrumentalist playing Jazz Music
What is scat Singing?
500
New Orleans native considered to be one of the greatest Jazz musicians who ever lived
Who is Louis Armstrong>
500
short, rhythmic phrases repeated over and over again.
What is a Riff?
500
Early Jazz instrumentalist imitated the sound of this human characteristic
What is the human Voice?
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