II. Choose the correct answer to each of the following.
1.
According to the author, jazz music gains acceptance
in all classes in American society because of the following
reasons. Which is the exception?
(a) It initially
appealed to the young and rebellious.
(b) Jazz musicians worked Indian
American music into the music.
(c) Jazz music was made modified
and became more refined.
(d) Both A and C.
Answer:
2.
According to the author, a defining mark of the
early New Orleans jazz was __________.
(a)
a group of musicians improvised their notes
without the constraints of an agreed upon melody
(b)
individual player was encouraged to play
like every other in a jazz band
(c)
Jazz musicians are required to have a highly
developed musical sense and to be familiar with the musical
thinking of one's companions
(d)
an ensemble of musicians improvising their
notes in changing chords around a specific melodic line
Answer:
3. __________ is NOT included in the "front line" of
the jazz ensemble.
(a) A trumpet
(b) A clarinet
(c) A piano
(d) A trombone
Answer:
4.
The complex drumming in the rhythm section of
early jazz music was brought over to America by __________.
(a) Spanish missionaries
from Europe
(b) Black slaves from West Africa
(c) British colonists from Asia
(d) the Creole from the West India
Answer:
5.
Blues was derived from a blend of field chantey
and spiritual which is __________.
(a)
a form of rock ǒn' roll singing popular
among American teenagers
(b)
a form of operatic singing originated from
Southern European countries
(c)
a form of country music singing
(d)
a form of hymn singing prevalent in African-American
Christian churches
Answer:
6.
Recording groups such as the Hot Five and the
Hot Seven organized by Louis Armstrong made a series of recordings
which represent __________.
(a) the origin of
the Chicago style jazz
(b) the influence of New Orleans
style jazz
(c) the beginning of the New York
style jazz
(d) the impact of ragtime music
Answer:
7.
Primarily employed in taverns and houses of pleasure,
the piano was used __________.
(a)
for establishing rhythm section
(b)
for sounding out melodies
(c)
for accompanying blues singing in the Southern
part of the United States
(d)
for announcing the melodies in addition
to establishing a rhythm
Answer:
8.
In the 1920's, a new, distinctive style of piano
playing called stride' piano emerged in __________.
(a) in Harlem in
New York
(b) in San Francisco in California
(c) in Chicago in Illinois
(d) in Nashville, Tennessee
Answer:
9. The first popular ragtime tune was __________.
(a) "Maple Leaf Rag" by
Scott Joplin in 1896
(b) "Handful of keys" by
Fats Waller in 1929
(c) "A Monday Date" by Earl
Hines in 1928
(d) "The Sheik of Araby"
by Albert Ammons in the 1930s
Answer:
10.
The tradition of the vocal ballad which contributed
to the blues form was usually accompanied by __________.
(a) a guitar
(b) a piano
(c) a banjo
(d) a trombone and a cymbal
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