Music 190W Chapter 6 Quiz

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  1. Which IS true of the public image of the jazz musician?
    a. at present, jazz musicians are seen as social outcasts
    b. at present, jazz is not part of the curriculum at most colleges and schools of music
    c. in the early years, jazz musicians worked primarily in churches and music schools
    d. in the early years of jazz, jazz musicians had a reputation as social misfits due to the places where they had to find work
  2. Which is NOT an aspect of swing rhythmic feel:
    a. walking bass
    b. melody notes that have accents off the beat (syncopation)
    c. steady tempo
    d. emphasis on beats 1 and 3 in a four-beat measure
  3. Jazz vocalists make expressive use of which technique:
    a. staccato
    b. vibrato
    c. a cappella
  4. Which style of music is not considered one of the roots of jazz?
    a. late 19th-early 20th century popular songs
    b. ragtime
    c. brass band music
    d. European symphonic music
    e. blues
  5. The early jazz style came from the blending of European-derived and African-derived musical practices, most importantly in which city?
    a. Seattle
    b. Nashville
    c. New Orleans
    d. Peoria
  6. Which is NOT true of jazz improvisation?
    a. it is present in most but not all jazz performances
    b. is involves composing melodies at the moment they're performed
    c. it is an inborn talent
    d. it is learned through years of study and experience
  7. What structures guide improvisation in many jazz performances?
    a. none
    b. song forms such as blues and 32-bar aaba songs
    c. structures that are always improvised along with the melodies
  8. The Bebop style did not gain wide popularity among the general public, and...
    a. most jazz musicians ignored it, too.
    b. despite this it became the common language of much jazz in the following decades.
  9. Which is not a component of the big band?
    a. sax section
    b. trumpet section
    c. conductor who has the same role as in the orchestra
    d. trombone section
    e. rhythm section
  10. Which style period in jazz does this describe: popular in Chicago in the 1920s, featured clarinet, trumpet and trombone as solo instruments, and used polyphonic group improvisation (several solos at once):
    a. bebop
    b. Dixieland
    c. Swing
  11. Which style period in jazz does this describe: began in 1940s, featured small groups, fast tempos, difficult chord patterns, and had stars like Charlie Parker:
    a. Boogie-woogie
    b. Cool jazz
    c. Bebop
  12. Which style period in jazz does this describe: featured big bands playing for dancing and listening, and included Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington among its great jazz figures?
    a. Bebop
    b. Swing
    c. Dixieland
    Listening questions

  13. Identify this excerpt:
    a. "Hotter Than That" by Louis Armstrong
    b. "Taking a Chance on Love" by Benny Goodman orchestra
    c. "Summertime" by Miles Davis with the Gil Evans orchestra
    d. "'Round Midnight," performed by Herbie Hancock Quartet
    e. "Little Lulu" by the Bill Evans trio
  14. Identify this excerpt:
    a. "Hotter Than That" by Louis Armstrong
    b. "Taking a Chance on Love" by Benny Goodman orchestra
    c. "Summertime" by Miles Davis with the Gil Evans orchestra
    d. "'Round Midnight," performed by Herbie Hancock Quartet
    e. "Little Lulu" by the Bill Evans trio
  15. Identify this excerpt:
    a. "Hotter Than That" by Louis Armstrong
    b. "Taking a Chance on Love" by Benny Goodman orchestra
    c. "Summertime" by Miles Davis with the Gil Evans orchestra
    d. "'Round Midnight," performed by Herbie Hancock Quartet
    e. "Little Lulu" by the Bill Evans trio
  16. Identify this excerpt:
    a. "Hotter Than That" by Louis Armstrong
    b. "Taking a Chance on Love" by Benny Goodman orchestra
    c. "Summertime" by Miles Davis with the Gil Evans orchestra
    d. "'Round Midnight," performed by Herbie Hancock Quartet
    e. "Little Lulu" by the Bill Evans trio
  17. Identify this excerpt:
    a. "Hotter Than That" by Louis Armstrong
    b. "Taking a Chance on Love" by Benny Goodman orchestra
    c. "Summertime" by Miles Davis with the Gil Evans orchestra
    d. "'Round Midnight," performed by Herbie Hancock Quartet
    e. "Little Lulu" by the Bill Evans trio
  18. Identify this excerpt:
    a. "Hotter Than That" by Louis Armstrong
    b. "Taking a Chance on Love" by Benny Goodman orchestra
    c. "Summertime" by Miles Davis with the Gil Evans orchestra
    d. "'Round Midnight," performed by Herbie Hancock Quartet
    e. "Little Lulu" by the Bill Evans trio
    Hacker handbook questions

  19. Which of these sentences has a subject-verb agreement problem?
    a. Tito Puente, who has recorded hundreds of records, plays vibraphone and timbales.
    b. Tito Puente, who has recorded hundreds of records, play vibraphone and timbales.
    c. Tito Puente, who has recorded hundreds of salsa albums, plays vibraphone and timbales.
  20. Which of these sentences does not have a subject-verb agreement problem?
    a. Brazilian samba, which is performed during Carnaval by hundreds of musicians, use a fast duple meter.
    b. Brazilian samba, which is performed during Carnaval by hundreds of musicians, uses a fast duple meter.
    c. Hundreds of musicians who play Brazilian samba during Carnaval uses a variety of small percussion instruments.

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