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What instrument does Lina play?
Lina plays the piano
Which COuntry was jazz invented?
The United States
Who was one of the most inspirational people to ever play jazz?
Louis Armstrong
Organize the instruments in paragraph 2 in alphabetical order.
There was a drum, piano, saxophone, and trumpet.
What is the most defining feature of jazz
Improvisation is creating, or making up, music as you go along.
Point out what was bothering Lina
Lina was getting tired of just classical music on the piano, and wanted to try something new.
What was the basic rhythm of jazz?
Swing
Who was one of the most significant figures in music and jazz history?
Duke Ellington
Classify who other than Lina knew how to play piano in her family?
Lina’s dad used to play the piano back when.
what was the name of the great tradition of celebration?
New Orleans
What can we infer about Lina’s vision becoming blurry?
Lina started to stare at sheet until it got blurry for her.
How was jazz invented?
throughout the years people started improving with music and using trumpets and other instruments.
In 1917 who was a trumpeter, bandleader, and a composer
Dizzy Gillespie
Explain what conclusion can be made about Lina’s family and their relationship to jazz?
Jazz has been enjoyed by Lina’s family for a long time all the way back to the great depression and Lina’s Grandpa.
The Blues
Explain what Lina will be asking Mr. Wilson to modify?
She will be asking Mr. Wilson if they can start on some Jazz lessons instead.
In the early 1940s jazz musicians made a new type of jazz. What was it called?
It was called Bebop
In the article "History Of Jazz" who else was famous for jazz besides Duke Ellington?
Henderson, Paul Whiteman, and Benny Goodman
Lina is anxious to learn a different type of music. What evidence from the passage best displays her anxiousness to learn a different type of music.
Lina has only been playing classical music but she really wanted to try something new too.
Classify who other than Lina knew how to play piano in her family?
Lina’s dad used to play the piano back when
Explain the outcome of the “Great Depression”?
Swing which is a type of Jazz came out during the great depression since everyone needed something to cheer them up.
Who was the main person who started jazz?
(1917 Buddy started his own band and came up with jazz)
Throughout the audio who was the one given notes and talks about the history of Jazz?
Wynton Marsalis
Throughout the story, Lina asks her parents lots of questions about jazz music. Explain what motivates Lina’s questioning process?
Lina is curious about Jazz which she just recently discovered and wants to know a lot about from the history to what makes Jazz, Jazz.
Explain what conclusion can be made about Lina’s family and their relationship to jazz?
Jazz has been enjoyed by Lina’s family for a long time all the way back to the great depression and Lina’s Grandpa.