Jazz Exam 2: Chapters 1-3

Mary Lou William's ___ apartment "salon" served as a meeting place for discussions about music

double-time is playing twice as

beat groupings

to compose and perform simultaneously

refers to the speed of the beat

3 or more tones sounding together

jazz musicians value the development of a highly personal __ on their instruments

which style of music was the first to claim a dominant foothold in the american identity

musical form. theme and ____

swing ____ best describes jazz

musical form. 12-bar ____

a trio of musicians consisting of a piano, bass, and drums would be termed the ____ section

jazz traces its history through its ___ and only secondarily by its composers

lay back play ____ the beat

repeated phrase used as a filter

to accent a weak beat

in jazz interpretation, what is played is often less important than ___ it is played

can be discovered by identifying areas of repetition and contrast

the amount of ___ rhythm can vary based on a jazz performer's placement and accent of notes

the pulsating effect produced by small, rapid variations in pitch

musical form

___ line the lead players in new orleans jazz

not associated with minstrel shows

a "fall-off" is a ___ note bend

scale-arrangement of tones using half-steps

Juliana Johnson is an example of a ___ song

jazz began as a blending of ___ and European musical elements

western european music represents a literate tradition, while african music represents the ____

pattern is derived from african music

a type of european dance

does not originate from the african tradition

alternating solos

influence on jazz

polkas, hymns, and quadrilles all derive from ___ music

recognized as an art form through the singing career of Mahalia Jackson

located in new orleans

the african's music was a functional ___, tied to the everyday workings in their lives

these songs are often called "hymns with a beat"

best defined as referring to a person of african-european heritage living in new orleans

jazz began around 1900 in _____

the earliest jazz did much of its development in new orleans because it was an intensely musical city with ____ diversity

instrument coordinated the movements of africans during their tribal activities

blues music uses the ____ pentameter format

how many lines of text are there in each verse of a blues song?

made the first blues recording

supplied the fill-ins on bessie smith's recording of "st. louis blues."

a blues song follows a specific chord ___

blues songs are 12 ___ in length

existed before jazz

bessie smith used her ___ as an instrument

wrote "the memphis blues" and "st. louis blues."

cannot bend a note

there are 3 ___ in the basic blues chord progression

"mother" of the blues

louis armstrong played this instrument

a blues singer

this person played the guitar

this person played the trombone

what instrument used by early rural blues singers continues to be used by contemporary singers like B.B. King?

place in a composition where the band stops and a soloist plays a brief fill-ins is called

a vocalist using nonsense syllables is employing the ___ technique

a saxophonist that influenced Billie Holiday's singing style

recordings include the songs "fine and mellow" and "strange fruit."