Musical Features
Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, verse, chorus
What is strophic form?
Composing in real time
What is improvisation?
No vocals to speak of
What is Ragtime?
Parlor Song
Who is Stephen Foster?
What is AAB?
"Inventor" of jazz
Who is Jelly Roll Morton or Who is the Original Dixieland Jazz Band?
Personal, expressive lyrics
What is the blues?
Ragtime
Who is Scott Joplin?
"Ragged" rhythmic term in ragtime music
What is syncopation?
Champion jazz trumpeter
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Nostalgia, remembering simpler times on the countryside
What is parlor song?
Tin Pan Alley
Who is Irving Berlin?
I I I I
IV IV I I
V IV I I
What is 12 Bar Blues?
Where is New Orleans?
Big city life, baseball, dancing
What is Tin Pan Alley?
Blues archiver
Incredible musical skill, or an incredible musician
What is Virtuosity or Virtuoso?
What is Bebop?
What is scat singing?
First hit blues record
Who is Mamie Smith?