Early New Orleans Jazz
When it comes down to it, he was the one who started 'the big noise' in New Orleans.
Who is Buddy Bolden?
If the player must buzz his or her lips to produce a sound on an instrument, it must belong to this family.
What is brass?
This part of the drumset provides the low sound of the beat.
What is the bass drum?
This well known composer was the first to use the sleigh bells as a musical instrument.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Born in 1900, he would go on to become the most famous jazz musician to ever live. Jazz was already popular in New Orleans, but he was the one most responsible for making it popular all over America.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
If to produce a tone the player must either strike, scrape, and shake the instrument, it must belong to this family.
What is percussion?
During a basic rock beat, the bass drum plays on this beat.
What is beat 1?
This man invented the glass armonica.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
He was the first to put jazz music on paper (sheet music).
Who is Jelly Roll Morton?
This was the primary instrument of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Joe Oliver, and Buddy Bolden.
What is the trumpet or cornet?
The idea of the drumset was innovated in this American city.
What is New Orleans?
The inventor of the glass armonica was inspired by this type of performance.
What are water glasses?
Louis Armstrong considered this elder trumpet player his mentor during his teenage years. The two formed a duo and performed on the streets of New Orleans before reforming their duo years later in Chicago.
Who is Joe 'King' Oliver?
This instrument is sometimes referred to as the jingle bells or simply the bells.
What are the sleigh bells?
The original version of the hi hat was called this.
What is the low boy?
This instrument is constructed of a frame drum containing several metal beads which produce a sound resembling water.
What is the ocean drum?
He would have told you that he invented jazz...he did not.
Who is Jelly Roll Morton?
This is a woodwind instrument which requires the player to blow across the mouthpiece rather than directly into it.
What is the flute, piccolo, or dizi?
For a right handed drummer the hi hat is played with these parts of the body.
What are hands and left foot?
This was an early New Orleans Jazz instrument which would later be phased out with the invention of the saxophone. Like the saxophone, this instrument requires a reed. Unlike the saxophone, the body of this instrument is made of wood.
What is the clarinet?