Terms
This term is when a singer uses nonsense syllable to create a melody and rhythm in a song. Ella Fitzgerald is know for this.
scat
Name the founding father of jazz.
Buddy Bolden
This style is a system of harmony, it’s a rhythm, and a vocal style of playing. It’s musical form is made up of 3 chords and is the basis for the music of rock ‘n roll, country music, and R & B. W. C Handy published the first piece of music written in this style and Bessie Smith was a significant artist in the 30s.
Blues
What three instruments traditionally make up the rhythm section?
piano, bass, drums
GBI URFO
BIG FOUR
This term is what you call a group of people who follow behind a jazz band and inspire the musicians to play more.
second line
Name the founding father of blues.
W.C. Handy
This piano based style was popular from the 20s to the 40s. Recognized by the repeated figure in the left hand, while the right hand plays exciting driving melodies. Sometimes called “eight to the bar.”
Boogie Woogie
Name the three instruments that make up the front line.
trumpet, trombone, clarinet
LEIMGTN TPO
Melting pot
This is the term for a musical question and answer. An example would be “Shave and a Haircut? Two bits.”
call and response
Name the Empress of Jazz.
Bessie Smith
Influence of Afro- Cuban, Caribbean and Brazilian music- this style features a second percussionist often heard playing the timbales. Tito Puente and Dizzy Gillespie.
Latin
What instrument is associated with the women of jazz like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith?
voice
RSIVPIOME
improvise
This is what distinguishes jazz from all other types of music. It’s when more than one instrument changes up notes and rhythms at the same time.
collective improvisation
He was the greatest improviser EVER and played the trumpet
Louis Armstrong
Fast and Furious- an innovative style that appeared in the 40s. Complex melodies and improvisatory sections, this radical new sound shocked many people. Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were key figures.
Bebop
What instrument functions like the clock, tick tock tick tock.
the bass
ALCL DAN EOSENPSR
call and response
This is where the notes of an instrument sound- high, medium or low.
register
This saxophonist's nickname was Yardbird, or Bird because he liked chicken.
Charlie Parker
This style grew out of marching brass bands of New Orleans at the turn of the century. Trumpets. Cornet, trombones and drums were common and saxophones, clarinets and even banjos were added later. Louis Armstrong, King Oliver and Sidney Bechet made this style famous.
Dixieland
What instrument did Buddy Bolden play? Its cousin was the trumpet.
cornet
VOGEOR
groove