first jazz quiz

Status Completed
Attempt Score 4 out of 13 points
Time Elapsed 7 minutes.
Instructions
Question 1
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A very common style of playing the bass in jazz from the 1930s through the 1960s is called:
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Incorrect running bass.
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Correct walking bass.
Question 2
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“Laying out”, in jazz music, is:
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Incorrect when the musicians decide how they are going to play the song.
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Correct When a musician doesn’t play while another artist is taking their solo.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
AABA is an example of:
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Correct “form”
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Correct “form”
Question 4
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Jazz players often use a technique (or groove) that gives the music a momentum and “forward propelling” feel. This style or effect is called:
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Incorrect vibrato.
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Correct swing.
Question 5
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In a typical jazz performance:
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Incorrect will just improvise the whole thing.
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Correct musicians will play the “head” first and then take solos.
Question 6
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The basic sequence of events in a typical jazz performance is:
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Incorrect AABA.
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Correct head-solos-head.
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Improvisation is:
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Correct Spontaneous/real time composing by the musician.
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Correct Spontaneous/real time composing by the musician.
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Which of these names is NOT a type of saxophone?
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Correct Coronet.
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Correct Coronet.
Question 9
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Which of these is NOT a member of the “Brass instrument” family?
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Incorrect Trombone.
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Correct Saxophone.
Question 10
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Which of these players is NOT normally a member of the “rhythm section” ?
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Incorrect piano.
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Correct saxophone.
Question 11
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Jazz musicians often call the basic melody of a typical jazz tune (which is played at the beginning and end of the piece) the:
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Incorrect the “bridge”
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Correct a “head”
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Form is:
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Correct how a song is put together.
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Correct how a song is put together.
Question 13
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One trip through a given song’s chord progression is called:

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Incorrect
a “head”
Correct Answer:
Correct
a “chorus”