Test Bank For Jazz, 14th Edition
Chapter 01
1) 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
2) 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
3) When ensembles create music by improvising all the parts, it is called_________.
A) collective improvisation
B) avant-garde
C) jazz interpretation
D) polytonal
4) The twelve-bar blues and AABA are examples of_________.
A) jazz meters
B) jazz styles
C) jazz harmony
D) jazz forms
5) Stressing the weak beat, or the weak part of the beat, is called________.
A) meter
B) syncopation
C) improvisation
D) tempo
6) 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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,Test Bank For Jazz, 14th Edition
Chapter 01
7) The development of jazz can be viewed as a balancing act between literate and oral musical
traditions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Like classical musicians, jazz players are concerned with producing the "ideal" sound or tone
on the instrument.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Most skilled jazz players regularly notate and reinterpret pre-existing improvised solos.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Jazz musicians use repetition and contrast to build and to give balance and symmetry to their
performances.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2
,Test Bank For Jazz, 14th Edition
Chapter 01
Answer Key
Test name: Test Bank for Chapter 01
1) B
2) D
3) A
4) D
5) B
6) C
7) TRUE
8) FALSE
9) FALSE
10) TRUE
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, Test Bank For Jazz, 14th Edition
Chapter 02
1) Music in African culture was
A) used only in religious ceremonies.
B) an integral part of everyday life.
C) reserved only for very special occasions.
D) rarely performed outside of the home.
2) The area in New Orleans where slaves were allowed to gather on Sunday to sing and dance
was________.
A) Jackson Square
B) Congo Square
C) Times Square
D) Orleans Square
3) Creole music evolved from
A) gospel and swing influences mixing in religious performances.
B) combining field hollers with African hand drumming.
C) an interchange between Creole musicians’ formal training and the African
improvisatory tradition.
D) the decline of French and Spanish musical traditions in New Orleans.
4) While Mahalia Jackson only sang gospel, which of the following blues singers was one of
her earliest influences?
A) Louis Armstrong
B) Bessie Smith
C) Billie Holiday
D) Ethel Waters
5) The most important instrument in African music was the__________.
A) banjo
B) drum
C) pan flute
D) guitar
6) All jazz rhythms came from African musical culture.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4
Chapter 01
1) 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
2) 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
3) When ensembles create music by improvising all the parts, it is called_________.
A) collective improvisation
B) avant-garde
C) jazz interpretation
D) polytonal
4) The twelve-bar blues and AABA are examples of_________.
A) jazz meters
B) jazz styles
C) jazz harmony
D) jazz forms
5) Stressing the weak beat, or the weak part of the beat, is called________.
A) meter
B) syncopation
C) improvisation
D) tempo
6) 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.
1
,Test Bank For Jazz, 14th Edition
Chapter 01
7) The development of jazz can be viewed as a balancing act between literate and oral musical
traditions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Like classical musicians, jazz players are concerned with producing the "ideal" sound or tone
on the instrument.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Most skilled jazz players regularly notate and reinterpret pre-existing improvised solos.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Jazz musicians use repetition and contrast to build and to give balance and symmetry to their
performances.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2
,Test Bank For Jazz, 14th Edition
Chapter 01
Answer Key
Test name: Test Bank for Chapter 01
1) B
2) D
3) A
4) D
5) B
6) C
7) TRUE
8) FALSE
9) FALSE
10) TRUE
3
, Test Bank For Jazz, 14th Edition
Chapter 02
1) Music in African culture was
A) used only in religious ceremonies.
B) an integral part of everyday life.
C) reserved only for very special occasions.
D) rarely performed outside of the home.
2) The area in New Orleans where slaves were allowed to gather on Sunday to sing and dance
was________.
A) Jackson Square
B) Congo Square
C) Times Square
D) Orleans Square
3) Creole music evolved from
A) gospel and swing influences mixing in religious performances.
B) combining field hollers with African hand drumming.
C) an interchange between Creole musicians’ formal training and the African
improvisatory tradition.
D) the decline of French and Spanish musical traditions in New Orleans.
4) While Mahalia Jackson only sang gospel, which of the following blues singers was one of
her earliest influences?
A) Louis Armstrong
B) Bessie Smith
C) Billie Holiday
D) Ethel Waters
5) The most important instrument in African music was the__________.
A) banjo
B) drum
C) pan flute
D) guitar
6) All jazz rhythms came from African musical culture.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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