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1
The Jazz Age is the decade of the:
A)1900s
B)1910s
C)1920s
D)1930s
2
The foundations of jazz have its roots in the:
A)cakewalk dance
B)blues
C)gospel spirituals
D)syncopated rhythms
3
Songs about work and love (unrequited or not) form the basis for:
A)ragtime
B)rural blues
C)boogie-woogie
D)all of the above
4
Most blues lyrics contain three lines of text sung over four bars of music. This created the form called the:
A)twelve bar blues
B)standard blues form
C)AAB
D)rural blues
5
This particular kind of performance technique enhances the expressiveness of much blues music:
A)pentatonic scales
B)blues notes
C)improvisation
D)scat singing
6
The distinctive harmonic irregularity that occurs in the blues is when V moves to this chord:
A)I
B)vi
C)IV
D)V
7
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey is fondly called:
A)Lady Day
B)The Jazz Singer
C)The "Empress of the Blues"
D)the "Mother of the Blues"
8
Blues recordings were mass produced under this record label:
A)Race Records
B)Columbia Records
C)Decca
D)Blues Brothers Records
9
The "Father of the Blues" is:
A)Muddy Waters
B)Robert Johnson
C)B. B. King
D)W. C. Handy
10
Which instrument is NOT a common instrument of New Orleans jazz combos?
A)clarinet
B)saxophone
C)banjo
D)tuba
11
The "Hot Five" (later the "Hot Seven") was a band formed by:
A)King Oliver
B)"Duke" Ellington
C)W. C. Handy
D)Louis Armstrong
12
"Classically" tinged jazz was found in the:
A)Earl "Fatha" Hines Orchestra
B)Paul Whiteman Orchestra
C)"Duke" Ellington Orchestra
D)Fats Waller "High Society" Ensemble





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