Test Bank For Jazz 14
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Edi�on By David Megill,
Paul Tanner (All
Chapters 100% Original
Verified A+ Grade)
,Chapter 1
Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) The development of jazz can be viewed as a balancing act between literate and oral musical
traditions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Like classical musicians, jazz players are concerned with producing the "ideal" sound or tone
on the instrument.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Most skilled jazz players regularly notate and reinterpret pre-existing improvised solos.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Jazz musicians use repetition and contrast to build and to give balance and symmetry to their
performances.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
5) Jazz is defined by the balance between________.
A) classical music and blues
B) individual voices and collective expression
C) improviser and bandleader
D) imitation and interpretation
6) During its beginnings, which of the following styles did not exert a clear influence on jazz?
A) urban and rural folk music
B) marching band music
C) religious music
D) East Asian music
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7) When ensembles create music by improvising all the parts, it is called_________.
A) collective improvisation
B) avant-garde
C) jazz interpretation
D) polytonal
8) The twelve-bar blues and AABA are examples of_________.
A) jazz meters
B) jazz styles
C) jazz harmony
D) jazz forms
9) Stressing the weak beat, or the weak part of the beat, is called________.
A) meter
B) syncopation
C) improvisation
D) tempo
10) One of the major influences jazz derived from African American culture is
A) the careful crafting and writing down of compositions.
B) a complex harmonic system.
C) an improvisatory oral tradition.
D) the development of families of brass instruments.
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Answer Key
Test name: Chapter 1
1) TRUE
2) FALSE
3) FALSE
4) TRUE
5) B
6) D
7) A
8) D
9) B
10) C
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th
Edi�on By David Megill,
Paul Tanner (All
Chapters 100% Original
Verified A+ Grade)
,Chapter 1
Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) The development of jazz can be viewed as a balancing act between literate and oral musical
traditions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Like classical musicians, jazz players are concerned with producing the "ideal" sound or tone
on the instrument.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Most skilled jazz players regularly notate and reinterpret pre-existing improvised solos.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Jazz musicians use repetition and contrast to build and to give balance and symmetry to their
performances.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
5) Jazz is defined by the balance between________.
A) classical music and blues
B) individual voices and collective expression
C) improviser and bandleader
D) imitation and interpretation
6) During its beginnings, which of the following styles did not exert a clear influence on jazz?
A) urban and rural folk music
B) marching band music
C) religious music
D) East Asian music
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,Chapter 1
7) When ensembles create music by improvising all the parts, it is called_________.
A) collective improvisation
B) avant-garde
C) jazz interpretation
D) polytonal
8) The twelve-bar blues and AABA are examples of_________.
A) jazz meters
B) jazz styles
C) jazz harmony
D) jazz forms
9) Stressing the weak beat, or the weak part of the beat, is called________.
A) meter
B) syncopation
C) improvisation
D) tempo
10) One of the major influences jazz derived from African American culture is
A) the careful crafting and writing down of compositions.
B) a complex harmonic system.
C) an improvisatory oral tradition.
D) the development of families of brass instruments.
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, Chapter 1
Answer Key
Test name: Chapter 1
1) TRUE
2) FALSE
3) FALSE
4) TRUE
5) B
6) D
7) A
8) D
9) B
10) C
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