Swing Era

Multiple Choice

100

In the Swing Era, the number of instruments in jazz bands was

1. larger than during the Dixieland era.
2. smaller than during the Dixieland era.
3. about the same as during the Dixieland era.
4. 143.

1. 
   

200

The sections in a big band are

1. clarinets, trombones, rhythm section, percussion
2. saxophones, trombones, rhythm section, percussion
3. clarinets, trumpets, guitars, banjos
4. saxophones, trumpets, trombones, rhythm section

4. 

300

Call and response is

1. the band leader asking the audience what they want to hear, followed by its response
2. when one musician or section plays a short melody and is answered by another musician or section
3. asking the arranger how the tune is to be played
4. the band leader responding to a call from his wife

2. 

400

Swing was a major morale booster during the:

1. Roaring Twenties
2. Great Migration and World War I
3. Great Depression and World War II
4. Vietnam War

3. 

500

In jazz, a riff is:

1. a musical game of one-upmanship where the performers attempt to outdo each other
2. a short fragment of a melody, usually repeated many times
3. a way to "ruffle someone's feathers"
4. creating music spontaneously

2. a short fragment of a melody, usually repeated many times 

Fill in the Blank

100

1. A musical instrument with steam whistles and a keyboard is called a ___________________________________________.

calliope 

200

The purpose of the New Deal was to _______________________________________ __________________________________________________________

provide jobs/employment opportunities

300

1. While most other cities were suffering from the Great Depression,the city of ___________________________________________ provided many job opportunities for musicians in the city's many cabarets and dance halls.

Kansas City 

400

1. When a section of a big band "talks" back and forth with another section, it's called _____________________________ and ______________________________.

Call and Response

500

1. Because of _____________________________, people all over America began to hear jazz for the first time.

the radio

Definition

100

also known as the Big Band Era

The swing era 

200

short fragment of a melody, usually repeated many times

riff

300

has three phrases, with the first two almost identical

twelve-bar blues

400

plan for new employment opportunities

A new deal 

500

first important interracial musical groups

Benny Goodman ensembles

True or False

100

The most common arrangement for a big band calls for two saxophones, one trumpet, one trombone, and a drummer.

False  

200

Swing helped the country throughout the Great Depression, creating an escape for people through swing dancing.

True 

300

Benny Goodman was among the first to form a racially integrated band

True

400

Because of television, people all over America got to hear jazz for the first time

False because of radio not television

500

Mary Lou Williams not only wrote great arrangements for big bands, but was also a terrific clarinet player

False, she played the piano 

Random

100

Name two important figures during this era

duke ellington 

count basie 

benny goodman 

mary lou williams 

200

What is improvisation mean? 

1. musical conversation

300

Where did we visit this jazz era? city and state? 

Kansas City, Mi

400

Where did we go the last jazz era? (dixieland)

Chicago 

500

Why is jazz important to american culture? or why are we learning about it? 

Answer may vary but must include something to do with all races coming together for the first time. Jazz was primarily african american music that was introduced to white people after becoming popular, with help of the radio.