Eras of Jazz
Blues Facts
Jazz Facts
What's the Difference
From This Week
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a large musical ensemble that typically features 10 to 25 musicians playing in sections of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section
big band jazz
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What is blues music typically about?
real life events
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Name a jazz instrument
saxophone
trumpet
piano
drums
bass
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What is one of the biggest differences between jazz and blues?
Blues is usually about real life events, jazz is about happier times
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Why were we released from school early on Wednesday?
broken air conditioning
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a relaxed, subdued subgenre of modern jazz that emerged as a calmer alternative to fast, frantic bebop
cool jazz
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The beginnings of blue music were in the South during the time of what?
Slavery
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Where does jazz originate?
New Orleans, LA
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What is the difference in instruments
Jazz - saxophones, trumpets, drums, piano, bass
Blues - piano, guitar, drums
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Name one of our listening log songs for the week
I Knew It, I Knew You
Bye Bye Bye
Human Nature
As It Was
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What kind of jazz did Louis Armstrong sing?
big band jazz
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What beat does blues music emphasize
the off beat
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What is one of the key parts of jazz?
rhythms, the feeling, the instruments
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When did each genre originate
jazz - 1920's
blues - after slavery ended
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What is one of our classroom expectations that is on the posters you made?
Treat others how you want to be treated
No swearing
Use time wisely
Respect the space