The Blues
Swing Patterns
Jazz Musicians
Random Facts
You
100

In a 12 bar blues, what chord is normally occurring in the 5th measure?

IV

100
Scat the pattern: 1 2 + 3 + 4

Doo Doo ba Doo ba Doo

100

I played the alto saxophone, and my friends called me Bird.

Charlie Parker

100

What year did Epcot open?

1982

100

Keegan loves...

Coke (and his best friend, Ryan)

200
In a 12 bar blues, how many total chords usually occur?

12

200

Scat the pattern: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

Doo ba Doo ba Doo ba Doo

200

I played the trumpet and sang, and I had a really low, grumbly, distinctive voice. "I see skies of blue..."

Louis Armstrong
200
There are ___ squares on a chess board.
64
200

Noah is...

a Percussionist.

300

In a 12 bar blues, how many UNIQUE chords occur?

4

300

Scat the pattern: 1 2 + (rest) + 4

Doo Doo ba (rest) ba Doo

300

I played the alto saxophone and my friends kinda made fun of my first name. I also had a brother, who was pretty famous too.

Cannonball Adderley

300

The most common allergy is...

Milk

300

Lily and Jasmine...

Play the Bass Guitar and Upright Bass.

400

In a 12 bar blues, how many different measures include a I chord?

8

400

Scat the pattern: 1 2pu-let 3 + 4

Doo Doo ba doo Doo ba Doo

400

I played the trumpet and when I broke my trumpet so the bell pointed up too high, I left it that way.

Dizzy Gillespie

400

What's it called when you listen to music and see colors?

Synesthesia

400

Evan is...

Tall

500

In a 12 bar blues, which three chords end the form?

II V I

500

Scat the pattern: 1 +a 2 + 3 + 4 +

Doo badoo Doo ba Doo ba Doo ba

500

I was always so tired, I had big bags under my eyes and my friends gave me a nickname. I loved the vibraphone!

Milt "Bags" Jackson
500

What pitch is (supposedly) produced in a black hole?

Bb

500

Gustavo has...

Stank

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