Genres
Jazz
Blues
Hip-Hop/Rap
Music Vocab
100

What genre is this song?

(Fresh Prince of Bel-Air By Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff)

Hip-Hop/Rap

100

Name 3 instruments in jazz music.

Drums

Any brass instrument (Trumpet, Trombone)

Piano/Keyboard

Saxophone

Upright Bass

Guitar

100

Name 3 instruments in blues music.

Guitar

Harmonica

Drums

Hands/Feet (No instruments for slaves)

Trumpet, Trombone

100

Name 3 instruments in hip-hop/rap music.

Drums

Guitar

Technology (DAW, Synth, Turntable)

Keyboard

100

What is the definition of variety?

More than one

Different things

Multiple things

200

What genre is this song?

(Oh mio babbino caro by Puccini)

Classical

200

When did jazz start?

19th Century (1800s)

1920's or 1930's is also an ok answer

During prohibition 

200

When did blues start?

19th Century (1800's)

Civil War Time

200

When did hip-hop/rap start?

1970's

200

What is the definition of genre?

A type or style of music

a way to categorize songs

300

What genre is this song?

(Rosie By Alan Lomax)

Blues

300

Where did jazz start?

New Orleans

Speakeasies

Underground Clubs

300

Where did blues start?

In the fields

Down south

Where slaves worked

300

Where did hip-hop/rap start?

New York City

Bronks

300

What is the definition of tempo?

the speed of music

how fast or slow the music is

400

What genre is this song?

(Come Together By Gary Clark Jr.)

Rock

400

Name one famous jazz musician we learned about in class.

Nina Simone

Michael Buble

Louis Armstrong

Ella Fitzgerald

Billie Holiday

Miles Davis

Charles Mingus

Ray Charles

Frank Sinatra

Bessie Smith

John Coltrane

400

Name one famous blues musician we learned about in class.

B.B. King

Larkin Poe

African American Slaves

Big Mamma Thornton

Robert Johnson

Leadbelly

Big Bill Broonzy

Alan Lomax

T-Bone Walker

400

Name one famous hip-hop/rap musician we learned about in class.

50 Cent

Lecrae

Post Malone

Lil Durk

The Weekend

Kendrick Lamar

Will Smith

DJ Jazzy Jeff

2Pac

The Notorious B.I.G

LL Cool J

The Sugarhill Gang

Flipside

Ice Cube

400

What is the definition of compose?

to write music
500

What genre is this song?

(I Put a Spell on You By Nina Simone)

Jazz

500

Name one jazz song we listened to in class.

Dream a little dream of me

Fly me to the moon

Feeling good

I put a spell on you

The Entertainer

What a Wonderful World

500

Name one blues song we listened to in class.

Hound Dog

Rosie

Key to the Highway

Call it Stormy Monday

Preachin' Blues

The Trill is Gone

500

Name one hip-hop/rap song we listened to in class.

Switch

Congratulations

Pray For Me

Habit

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

500

What is the definition of ensemble?

a group of musicians

people who play/perform music together