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Question #1

In whose big band did Coleman Hawkins play for eleven years?

A Fletcher Henderson

B Paul Whiteman

C Bix Beiderbecke

D Louis Armstrong

E Duke Ellington

Question #2

Which is NOT true of the Austin High Gang?

A They were a group of white jazz musicians born mostly between 1904 and 1909 and active in Chicago.

B They were named after a Chicago high school some of them attended.

C Their ranks included only horn players

D Their music was a rebellion against white middle class culture.

E They created the Chicago style, which featured aggressive rhythms, expansive solos, and polyphonic theme statements.

Question #3

Which of the following describes Earl Hines’s approach to rhythm?

A steady, on-the-beat background chords

B propulsive boogie-woogie patterns

C using tremolo to give the sense of no rhythmic movement

D slow-moving regular rhythms

E an idiosyncratic style that played constant games with the rhythmic pulse

Question #4

In 1922, Joe Oliver sent Louis Armstrong a message inviting him to join Oliver’s band in which northern city?

A New York

B Detroit

C Chicago

D New Orleans

Question #5

In what way did Louis Armstrong help to shape our understanding of the role of improvisation within jazz practice?

A carefully composed a large body of passages and played them the same every time

B established collective improvisation as the main kind of jazz improvisation

C established jazz as music that prizes individual expression through solo improvisation

D wrote an influential series of guides to improvisation

E established the development of technique as an end in itself

Question #6

All of the following are aspects of Louis Armstrong’s legacy EXCEPT:

A only major figure of Western music to influence the music of his era equally as an instrumentalist and as a vocalist

B transformed the social music of New Orleans into an art

C became the most influential composer in the jazz community

D influenced symphonic trumpet players with his vibrato

E influenced popular and country performers with his phrasing and spontaneity

Question #7

“Stride” refers to which aspect of a pianist’s performance?

A fast right-hand arpeggios

B slow-moving “walking” accompaniments

C regular left-hand alternation between bass notes and chords

D two-handed block chords

E constant left-hand tremolo

Question #8

Which Manhattan neighborhood was referred to as “the greatest Negro city in the world”?

A Upper West Side

B Washington Heights

C Greenwich Village

D Times Square

E Harlem

Question #9

Which describes the racial dynamics of Fletcher Henderson’s engagement at the Roseland Ballroom:

A white ensembles playing for white audiences

B integrated ensembles playing for white audiences

C black ensembles playing for white audiences

D white ensembles playing for black audiences

E integrated ensembles playing for integrated audiences

Question #10

What was Paul Whiteman’s goal with his “An Experiment in Modern Music” concert of 1924?

A to show that white musicians could perform raucous improvisations

B to show that Louis Armstrong was the “King of Jazz”

C to reveal that jazz elements could form the foundation of highbrow art music

D to demonstrate that only New Orleans jazz was the authentic jazz

E to argue that the blues was the soul of jazz

Question #11

How did Prohibition affect the jazz community?

A All of the answers are true.

B It caused many jazz musicians to become full-time composers.

C It caused musicians to migrate away from larger cities.

D It encouraged musicians to avoid alcohol.

E It provided abundant (dangerous) work opportunities for jazz musicians in illegal speakeasies.

Question #12

What effect did technological advances in radio and recording have on the jazz community?

A It led audiences to stay home and obsessively listen to specific broadcasts and recordings.

B It had no effect, since home audio systems were prohibitively expensive.

C It forced performers to improve their technique.

D It decentralized the jazz infrastructure across the country.

E It drew audiences away from jazz and to sophisticated classical performances.

Question #13

Which of the following parts of America’s entertainment infrastructure formed in late-nineteenth-century New York?

A book publishers

B All of the answers are true.

C record labels

D grand theaters

E radio networks

Question #14

Which borough of New York has been the focus of American jazz culture since the 1920s?

A Queens

B Brooklyn

D Staten Island

E Manhattan

F The Bronx

Question #15

Sidney Bechet is responsible for establishing this instrument as a jazz instrument:

A piano

B saxophone

C bass

D clarinet

E banjo

Question #16

What was unusual about the front line of King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band?

A It included violin.

B It featured two trombones.

C The clarinet lines were performed by the group’s pianist.

D It featured two cornets.

E It featured two clarinets.

Question #17

Why are Jelly Roll Morton’s 1923 recording sessions with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings significant?

A They took place in New Orleans.

B They took place in Los Angeles.

C They took place in Chicago.

D They are the first live recordings made in a jazz club.

E They are the first significant racially integrated jazz recording sessions.

Question #18

All of the following factors were causes of the Great Migration EXCEPT:

A an increasing reliance on agricultural labor

B widespread segregation in the American south

C a work shortage initiated by American entry into World War I

D few opportunities for black Americans to own land

E fear generated by unequal protection under the law

Question #19

The most distinctive feature of New Orleans jazz is:

A frequent syncopations

B collective improvisation

C use of blue notes

D harmonic improvisation

E solo improvisation

Question #20

Which is the trumpet or cornet’s role in the New Orleans jazz band?

A play a decorated bass line that includes glissandos

B play a countermelody in a register higher than the trumpet or cornet’s line

C present the melody with improvised variations

D present a steady stream of notes maintaining the dominant pulse of the tune

E arpeggiate the underlying harmony of the tune

Question #21

Which instruments are included in the front line of a New Orleans jazz band?

A trumpet, clarinet, trombone

B trombone, tuba, banjo

C clarinet, flute, saxophone

D piano, tuba, drums

Question #22

Which aspect of Buddy Bolden’s playing did contemporary observers note most often?

A his ability to play two trumpets at once

B his variations on march themes

C the understatement of his playing

D the loudness of his playing

E the fast passages in his playing

Question #23

Who led the Onward Brass Band, a group that blended Creole sophistication with improvisational artistry?

A Joe Oliver

B Buddy Bolden

C Manuel Perez

D Freddie Keppard

E Barney Bigard

Question #24

New Orleans jazz primarily featured which of the following musical textures?

A monophonic – solo plus accompaniment

B homophonic—solo plus accompaniment

D fully composed melodies and countermelodies

E polyphonic—collective improvisation

F monophonic—solo playing

Question #25

Why is Wilbur Sweatman’s “Down Home Rag” significant?

A It avoids blue notes and other blues inflections.

B All of the answers are true

C It’s one of the fastest recorded performances of syncopated music.

D It provides crucial evidence for the transition between ragtime and jazz.

E It’s an early example of ragtime drumming.

Question #26

How did Scott Joplin make most of the money to support his compositional career?

A by licensing his music for use in films

B through publishing royalties

C through record sales

D by playing concerts

E by conducting a brass band

Question #27

What does it mean to “rag” a piece of music?

A to extend a short piece by repeating sections

B to subject it to a process of rhythmic complication

C to dance to it

D to improvise a march

E to perform it poorly

Question #28

When James Reese Europe’s Hellfighters performed in ballrooms for social dances, what type of instrumentation did they use?

A symphonic orchestra

B string ensemble

C piano with banjo accompaniment

D large military-style band

E small jazz combo

Question #29

Which is NOT true of blackface minstrelsy?

A It was originally performed by white performers in heavy black makeup.

B It generated negative racial stereotypes.

C Its music used African-derived instruments including the banjo.

D In the mid-nineteenth century it was the most popular form of theater in the country.

E It was only performed in the American South.

Question #30

On Bessie Smith’s “Reckless Blues,” which household item does Louis Armstrong use to modify the timbre of his trumpet?

A bucket

B dishrag

C sponge

D plunger

E mop

Question #31

In her fourteen-year recording career, Bessie Smith recorded approximately how many songs?

A 250

B 150

C 50

D 200

E 100

Question #32

All of the following are true of “race records” EXCEPT:

A They did not sell many copies.

B Many of the original recordings have been preserved.

C Singers were pressured by executives to record only the blues.

D They were recordings of black music for black listeners.

E Singers did not receive copyright royalty, just a modest performer’s fee.

Question #33

Which instrument was most important in accompanying country blues?

A piano

B saxophone

C trumpet

D guitar

E drums

Question #34

Which best describes the poetic form of blues lyrics?

A four-line stanza

B two-line stanza

C ten-line stanza

D two-line couplet with second line repeated

E two-line couplet with first line repeated

Question #35

The specific combinations of musical characteristics at the heart of jazz style—including polyrhythm, blue notes, timbre variation, and call and response—are the products of which cultural group?

A African American

B South African

C Cuban

D English

E Nigerian

Question #36

In “polishing” the rural blues that he heard in Mississippi, W. C. Handy did which of the following?

A He published sheet music.

B He composed his own lyrics.

C He rehearsed it with his ensemble.

D He notated the music.

E All of the answers are true

Question #37

W. C. Handy’s initial appreciation of the blues was based on its:

A high-class status

B connection to African traditions

C artistic merit

D virtuosity

E commercial appeal

Question #38

_______ _________ is the generalized name for the harmonic sequence underlying George Gershwin’s composition “I Got Rhythm.”

A Popular Song

B Bird Blues

C Rhythm Changes

D Standard Blues

E Rhythm Chorus

Question #39

In jazz, a repeating rhythmic and harmonic cycle is called a __________.

A verse

B chorus

C turn

D bridge

Question #40

Harmonic improvisation requires a performer to _____________.

A Create new melodies that fit over the tune’s chord progression.

B Embellish a composed melody.

C Improvise using only a single scale.

D Abandon familiar musical elements in order to create something new.

E Ignore the contributions and suggestions of the accompanists.

Question #41

Which rhythm section instrument plays the foundational role of sounding the root of each chord and keeping time with a continuous stream of notes?

A bass

B drums

C baritone saxophone

D clarinet

E trumpet

Question #42

What is the most common thirty-two-bar song form used by jazz musicians?

A ABAB

B ABCD

C AAAA

D ABAC

E AABA

Question #43

Which best describes the form of a twelve-bar blues chorus?

A an eight-measure phrase followed by a four-measure phrase

B six two-measure phrases

C three phrases of four measures each

D two six-measure phrases

E four phrases of three measures each

Question #44

Jazz concepts of form are derived from African music, where improvisation happens within:

A a carefully notated concert performance

B a rhythmic cycle

C a harmonic sequence

D only the rarest or ritual practices

E a precisely measured amount of clock time

Question #45

In jazz ensembles, bassists most often use _________ technique, plucking the strings with their fingers.

A staccato

B portamento

C arco

D legato

E pizzacato

Question #46

The relative speed of a performance’s steady “pulse rhythm” is commonly referred to as the piece’s

A harmony

B rhythm

C meter

D dynamics

E tempo

Question #47

Which part of the drum set consists of two cymbals controlled by a foot pedal?

A ride cymbal

B splash cymbal

C crash cymbal

D high-hat

E tam-tam

Question #48

Which brass instrument moves its slide to create a glissando?

A tuba

B banjo

C trombone

D trumpet

E clarinet

Question #49

A device inserted into the bell of a brass instrument to distort the sounds coming out is called

A key

B mouthpiece

C valve

D mute

E larynx

Question #50

The quality of sound that allows listeners to distinguish between a violin and a trumpet is referred to as:

A melody

B pitch

C harmony

D rhythm

E timbre

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