smart kid stuff
The blues form is THIS many measures
What is 12? (As in, 12-bar blues)
This note is usually thought of as the habitual "home base" of the keyboard
What is 'middle C?'
Often described poorly, a REST is perhaps best defined as this.
What is a 'musical silence?'
What is New Orleans, LA?
She was known as the "Queen of Soul?
Who was Aretha Franklin?
These musical genres all originated from blues. (3 answers required)
What are Rock and Roll, gospel, country, jazz, R & B, and pop?)
This note is the black key in a G major scale
What is F sharp?
What is 'legato?'
This style of music was made famous by Scott Joplin
What is 'ragtime?'
He is the most famous and successful film composer of all time
Who is John Williams?
This decade was known as "the jazz age"
What is the 1920s?
This is our newest physical movement, meant to best perform F MAJOR chord in our right hand.
What is moving BOTH pinky AND middle finger?
In 6/8 time, THIS type of note receives one beat
What is an eighth note?
This piano technique was made famous by Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Willie "The Lion" Smith, and others between 1900-1920
What is 'stride piano?'
THIS many Beatles are still alive.
What is two? (Paul and Ringo)
Langston Hughes, Adam Clayton Powell, Josephine Baker, and Duke Ellington were artists associated with this geographically-named movement in the 1920s and 1930s
What was the 'Harlem Renaissance?'
This smallest movement up or down the keyboard
What is a half step or a minor second?
This term refers to accenting notes that are OFF the beat
What is 'syncopation?'
This gravelly-voiced trumpeter is the most important figure in the foundation of modern popular music
Who was Louis Armstrong?
This popular artists name is actually Steveland Judkins
Who is Stevie Wonder?
This historical concept led to large concentrations of musicians and opportunities in cities like Chicago, Detroit, and New York.
What was the 'great migration?'
These are TWO ways to locate 'G position' on the keyboard.
What is finding the TOP note of old C position and locating 'G' between the lowest two of three black keys?
This term is the antonym of chromatic. It describes the C major scale, as opposed to the chromatic scale
What is diatonic?
Perhaps the only completely true claim by famous boaster Jelly Roll Morton
What is being the first jazz publication?
This popular artist's name is actually Peter Gene Hernandez
Who is Bruno Mars?