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African Music
Spirituals and Gospel
Ragtime and Blues
Jazz
Mixed
100
For what music was used in Africa
What was for dance, send messages and speak poetry
100
Making music on the spot
What is Improvisation
100
Dance in which Ragtime was used
What is cakewalk
100
Instruments that were part of the rhythm section in dixieland
What are banjo, piano, drums and tuba/bass
100
Main instrument of cool jazz
What is saxophone
200
Type of instrument most used
What is percussion
200
Going smoothly and fast through a sequence of close notes
What is slide
200
Instrument most commonly used in Ragtime
What is Piano
200
Famous singer and trumpet player of dixieland
What is Louis Armstrong
200
2 characteristics of bebop are
What are fast chord changes, leaps in melody, dissonances, beat on high hat, all instruments had oportunities for solo, technically difficult...
300
Alternation of soloist and group
What is Call and response
300
Singing without instrument accompaniment.
What is a capella
300
Most famous composer of ragtime
What is Scott Joplin
300
Two famous big band leaders
What is Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller (Countie Base, Duke Ellington)
300
Were a result of the conversion of the slaves to Christianity and of the way they sang hymns
What is Spirituals
400
Rhythms off beat
What is syncopation
400
The 2 main differences between Gospel and Spirituals styles
What are accompaniment and harmony
400
Harmonic/Form structure of Blues
What is the 12-bar blues: I I I I IV IV I I V IV I
400
Instruments that were part of the solo section in Big Bands
What is trumpet, trombone, saxophone and clarinet
400
New Orleans jazz tempo
What is fast or up beat
500
Songs used during slaves labor
What are Work Songs
500
This are examples of it: Go Down Moses and Swing Low
What is Spirituals
500
Played by the right hand of the piano in ragtime
What is syncopation
500
Tempo in Bebop
What is fast
500
Famous trumpet player from Cool Jazz era
What is Miles Davis