Question 1

Urban blues often included at least some stanzas in the traditional ____________ form of popular music.

Accepted Answer

A)  two-line 
B)  three-line 
C)  four-line 
D)  five-line 
A)  two-line 
B)  three-line 
C)  four-line 
D)  five-line C

Question 2

Which of the following makes "sweet jazz" significantly different from jazz as a whole?

Accepted Answer

A)  lack of improvisation 
B)  syncopated rhythms 
C)  use of twelve-bar blues 
D)  combo instrumentation 
A)  lack of improvisation 
B)  syncopated rhythms 
C)  use of twelve-bar blues 
D)  combo instrumentation A

Question 3

Which of the following most significantly impacted the development of jazz?

Accepted Answer

A)  European marches 
B)  Creole melodies 
C)  Caribbean harmony 
D)  African rhythms 
A)  European marches 
B)  Creole melodies 
C)  Caribbean harmony 
D)  African rhythms D

Question 4

A combo is

Accepted Answer

A)  a chamber ensemble 
B)  an early jazz style 
C)  a small jazz work 
D)  a percussion instrument 
A)  a chamber ensemble 
B)  an early jazz style 
C)  a small jazz work 
D)  a percussion instrument

Question 5

"Stride" and "boogie-woogie" are terms that are both related to

Accepted Answer

A)  melodic embellishments 
B)  jazz piano 
C)  New Orleans jazz 
D)  sweet jazz 
A)  melodic embellishments 
B)  jazz piano 
C)  New Orleans jazz 
D)  sweet jazz

Question 6

The classical blues contains how many lines of text?

Accepted Answer

A)  two 
B)  three 
C)  four 
D)  five 
A)  two 
B)  three 
C)  four 
D)  five

Question 7

Urban blues had a strong association with jazz.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Despite its roots in folk and popular music styles,jazz has rarely been associated with popular music? Why do you think this is true?

Accepted Answer

There is a complexity in jazz that makes

Question 9

How did the vocally-based blues become a primary foundation for instrumentally-based jazz?

Accepted Answer

Many of the musical elements of the blue

Question 10

New Orleans became an important center for jazz in part because

Accepted Answer

A)  the "Storyville" district provided job opportunities for musicians 
B)  the blues recording industry had its roots there 
C)  large numbers of jazz artists were born there 
D)  jazz musicians were forced to live in the southern United States 
A)  the "Storyville" district provided job opportunities for musicians 
B)  the blues recording industry had its roots there 
C)  large numbers of jazz artists were born there 
D)  jazz musicians were forced to live in the southern United States

Question 11

Classic blues singers were primarily men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Louis Armstrong was a virtuoso performer on the

Accepted Answer

A)  saxophone 
B)  trumpet 
C)  piano 
D)  double bass 
A)  saxophone 
B)  trumpet 
C)  piano 
D)  double bass

Question 13

The "father of the blues" was

Accepted Answer

A)  Scott Joplin 
B)  Louis Armstrong 
C)  W.C.Handy 
D)  George Gershwin 
A)  Scott Joplin 
B)  Louis Armstrong 
C)  W.C.Handy 
D)  George Gershwin

Question 14

Which of the following became a center for jazz immediately following the exodus of jazz musicians from New Orleans?

Accepted Answer

A)  New York 
B)  Chicago 
C)  St. Louis 
D)  Dixieland 
A)  New York 
B)  Chicago 
C)  St. Louis 
D)  Dixieland

Question 15

Classic blues was conceived primarily as entertainment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith are considered pioneer jazz instrumentalists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Jazz instrumentation that evolved in New Orleans can be most directly traced to

Accepted Answer

A)  the importation of European-style orchestral instruments 
B)  the availability of recently used Civil War band instruments 
C)  the eclectic nature of New Orleans in the early twentieth century 
D)  the Creole influence 
A)  the importation of European-style orchestral instruments 
B)  the availability of recently used Civil War band instruments 
C)  the eclectic nature of New Orleans in the early twentieth century 
D)  the Creole influence

Question 18

Blues form provides spaces for performers to

Accepted Answer

A)  insert dance-related motions 
B)  create impromptu musical responses 
C)  change the harmonic structure of the piece 
D)  add complex layers of rhythms 
A)  insert dance-related motions 
B)  create impromptu musical responses 
C)  change the harmonic structure of the piece 
D)  add complex layers of rhythms

Question 19

New Orleans jazz musicians improvised upon

Accepted Answer

A)  classical melodies 
B)  pre-written melodies 
C)  new melodies 
D)  no melodies at all 
A)  classical melodies 
B)  pre-written melodies 
C)  new melodies 
D)  no melodies at all

Question 20

The basic harmonic pattern of the blues is limited to which of the following chords?

Accepted Answer

A)  tonic and dominant 
B)  dominant and subdominant 
C)  tonic, dominant, and subdominant 
D)  tonic and subdominant 
A)  tonic and dominant 
B)  dominant and subdominant 
C)  tonic, dominant, and subdominant 
D)  tonic and subdominant

Exam 12: The Jazz Age

Urban blues often included at least some stanzas in the traditional ____________ form of popular music.

Which of the following makes "sweet jazz" significantly different from jazz as a whole?

Which of the following most significantly impacted the development of jazz?

A combo is

"Stride" and "boogie-woogie" are terms that are both related to

The classical blues contains how many lines of text?

Urban blues had a strong association with jazz.

Despite its roots in folk and popular music styles,jazz has rarely been associated with popular music? Why do you think this is true?

How did the vocally-based blues become a primary foundation for instrumentally-based jazz?

New Orleans became an important center for jazz in part because

Classic blues singers were primarily men.

Louis Armstrong was a virtuoso performer on the

The "father of the blues" was

Which of the following became a center for jazz immediately following the exodus of jazz musicians from New Orleans?

Classic blues was conceived primarily as entertainment.

Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith are considered pioneer jazz instrumentalists.

Jazz instrumentation that evolved in New Orleans can be most directly traced to

Blues form provides spaces for performers to

New Orleans jazz musicians improvised upon

The basic harmonic pattern of the blues is limited to which of the following chords?

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