The "Father Of The Blues" who was really a publisher of songs he collected by ear.
Who is W. C. Handy?
100
This is a melodic or rhythmic shape in sound that doesn't fit neatly into any type of underlying "grid."
What is a non-metrical gesture?
100
This is when jazz musicians such as John Coltrane and Tony Williams "interiorize" the meter, playing apparently unmetered phrases while maintaining constant awareness of the underlying meter.
What is metrical suspension?
100
one group is noble, legitimate, authoritative, and 'correct,' the other is cheap, vulgar, trendy, and illegitmate. People aspired to the former.
What is highbrow vs. lowbrow culture?
100
These laws, passed in the South during the 1880s, effectively prohibited newly freed black southerners from prospering as individuals or as a community.
What are the Jim Crow laws?
200
One of the most famous early New Orleans jazz innovators and band leaders, moved to Chicago in 1918 and took Louis Armstrong under his wing.
Who is King Joe Oliver?
200
These include: integration into everyday life, oral tradition, polyphony, syncopation, polyrhythm, speech and language as essential aspects of music, and heterogeneity as a sound ideal.
What are qualities of sub-Saharan African music?
200
This is a meter which is not 4/4 or 2/4, and which may also be a compound meter.
What is irregular meter?
200
When singing the blues, emphasizing higher notes and louder sound vs. softer sounds and arch-shaped phrases.
What is shouting vs. crying?
200
A A B B A | C C D D
What is rag form?
300
The greatest black band leader of the 1920s in NYC.
Who is Fletcher Henderson?
300
Use of the minor pentatonic scale, but "digging" or "wailing" into the "blue notes," as heard in the Bessie Smith or Vera Hall recordings.
What is blues pentatonicisim?
300
These are the traditional "white note" scales, which can be either major or minor.
What is diatonic?
300
One is a polished, theatrical version that was usually performed by women and was popular in the 1910s, the other is rough, irregular, and improvisatory, and much older.
What is city blues vs. country blues?
300
I - IV - I - V - I or aab.
What is blues formal structure?
400
A trumpeter and cornetist active in the 1890s and 1900s in New Orleans, known for combining blues and quadrilles.
Who is Buddy Bolden?
400
An extra melody accompanying the main melody in up-and-down lines, usually played by the clarinet.
What is obbligato?
400
These are the non-traditional or non-mainstream scales that show a "path" or a "way" for a melody.
What is modal?
400
Styles of Jazz: Friction, energy, illegitimacy vs. control, classical models, and lack of blues.
What is hot vs. sweet?
400
This group of five young white men dressed in clown costumes playing animal sounds radically changed the course of music around the world in 1917 in NYC.
Who is the Original Dixieland Jazz Band?
500
One of the most famous early saxophonists, played with Bix Biederbecke, and was known for his relaxed, tuneful approach.
Who is Frankie Trumbauer?
500
A musical mistake made during an improvisation, which can be "fixed."
What is a fluff?
500
Full of nervous, impatient energy, pulling ahead of the tempo, "clipping" the beat.
What is rushing?
500
The first is a professional organization performing as featured musicians in a staged production, the second is a community-based ensemble that performed for dignified indoor occasions.
What is theater orchestra vs. society orchestra?
500
Also known as 'Storyville,' this was the area of prostitution, gambling, and music in early 1900s New Orleans.