History of Jazz
The "blues" instruments in the 1920's.
What is piano, guitar, drums, string bass, harmonica?
Louis Armstrong was first African American to cross over and perform internationally.
What is world tour?
Blues influenced the popular music of today.
What is rock and roll?
Loud and softs in music.
What is dynamics?
Scott Joplin was the first American to write this.
What is opera?
Type of American Popular music in late 1800's.
What is blues?
Instrument of Louis Armstrong.
What is a trumpet?
Jazz age of the blues.
What is 1920's?
Instrument or voice sounds.
What is tone color?
The money made money for his compositions.
What is 1%?
Main place of 1920's jazz age.
What is New Orleans?
Louis Armstrong was a multi-talented artist.
What is a vocalist, or composer or actor?
African American slave music contributing to the blues.
What is a spiritual or work song.
Parts or sections within a piece of music.
What is form?
One of his most popular piano pieces.
What is "The Entertainer" or "Maple Leaf Rag"?
African American slave music.
What is work songs and spirituals?
1901 in New Orleans.
What is the birthday of Louis Armstrong?
The mood of the blues.
What is sad or melancholy?
High, middle and low sounds in music.
What is pitch?
He learned to play the piano here.
What is his mother's housekeeping job?
Location/culture of the roots of jazz.
What is West African?
Improvisational singing.
What is scatting?
The minor scale.
Blue's scale
Long and short sounds in music
What is rhythm?
The type of music Scott Joplin played.