Jazz musicians practice ____________ so that no two shows or performances of a song will sound the same because they are composing while they perform.
What is improvisation?
100
the general feeling or emotion of a piece of art
What is tone?
100
The big band leader is a __________ and sometimes a featured soloist that directs the band and picks the music they will perform.
What is a conductor?
100
The original rappers started ____________ alongside DJs; introducing tracks and getting the crowd energized at a party
What is MCing
100
a restoration to use, acceptance, or currency
What is a revival?
200
Jazz musicians get to feature their skills when they perform __________________ in front of their band or combo
What is solo?
200
composing and performing music in the moment
What is improvisation?
200
Jazz, Rock and Hip-hop music usually have recognizable ______________ that tell the audience what song they’re listening to in a very short amount of time
What are riffs?
200
The ________________________ is the instrumental part of a song. Hip-Hop DJs would string these together for teenagers to dance to
What is the break.
200
A person who writes music
Who is a composer?
300
In a rebellion against the commercialization of swing music, jazz musicians formed smaller bands called ___________________ and developed a new style of jazz called bebop jazz.
What is a Combo
300
a combination of two genres
What is fusion?
NOT CROSSOVER :)
300
Mary J Blige was known for creating a __________ of R&B, hip-hop, rap and gospel music in her albums
What is fusion?
300
Afrika Bambaata introduced layering music on top of each other; he explored many different genres and is known for his ____________ at the first hip-hop parties.
What is DJing
300
a short, repeated, memorable musical phrase
What is a riff?
400
Louis Armstrong made it popular when he accidentally dropped his lyric sheet and had to improvise.
What is scat singing?
400
harmonically unresolved, displeasing to the ear
What is dissonance?
400
Bebop was known for having lots of _______________ that creates tension and excitement in their music because it sounds unresolved.
What is dissonance?
400
Many great rappers will _______________ live at concerts instead of performing the raps they have already recorded.
What is free style.
400
emphasizing weak beats
What is syncopation?
500
One of the musical elements that makes jazz music so fun to dance to is the _____________________ where the musicians will emphasize the beats that are normally weak in classical music.
What is syncopation
500
the art of mixing sounds to create music
What is turntablism?
500
When the ‘Birth of Cool’ album was released, it was very ________________ nothing like it had ever been done in music history.
What is avant-garde?
500
Grandmaster Flex is known as the inventor of it because he was the first DJ to manipulate records with his hands.