Multiple Choice Quiz


1	Creating and performing simultaneously is
		A)	riffing.
		B)	improvising.
		C)	comping.
		D)	scatting.


2	Boogie woogie is
		A)	jazz for solo piano.
		B)	big band jazz.
		C)	combo jazz.
		D)	free jazz.


3	The first leading proponent of cool jazz was
		A)	Dizzy Gillespie.
		B)	Chick Corea.
		C)	Ornette Coleman.
		D)	Miles Davis.


4	Bebop first flourished in the
		A)	1920s.
		B)	1930s.
		C)	1940s.
		D)	1950s.


5	Jazz usually involves
		A)	improvisation.
		B)	boogie woogie.
		C)	bebop.
		D)	jam sessions.


6	Sidemen are the
		A)	leads.
		B)	supportive musicians.
		C)	agents.
		D)	those in the wings.


7	Central to the feel of swing is
		A)	the jazz rhythm.
		B)	the jazz context.
		C)	the jazz style.
		D)	the jazz phrase.


8	Syncopation is
		A)	timekeeping.
		B)	off-beat rhythms.
		C)	ensemble playing.
		D)	vibration.


9	The rhythm section includes
		A)	the leads.
		B)	the backup singers.
		C)	the bridge.
		D)	piano, bass, and drums.


10	Jazz began in
		A)	Casablanca.
		B)	New York.
		C)	Chicago.
		D)	New Orleans.


11	A typical lead instrument is the
		A)	coronet.
		B)	castanet.
		C)	bassinet.
		D)	trumpet.


12	The styles that helped to stimulate the beginnings of jazz were
		A)	blues.
		B)	gospel.
		C)	ragtime.
		D)	all of the above.


13	Dixieland originally developed in
		A)	Kansas City.
		B)	Chicago.
		C)	New York City.
		D)	Memphis.


14	A style based on the twelve-bar blues is
		A)	boogie woogie.
		B)	stride.
		C)	dixieland.
		D)	ragtime.


15	Big band is associated primarily with
		A)	dixieland.
		B)	swing.
		C)	bebop.
		D)	cool.


16	A bridge
		A)	connects two banks.
		B)	connects two phrases.
		C)	connects two meters.
		D)	is the sax and brass sections.


17	“Kicks and prods” are usually provided by the
		A)	agent.
		B)	leader.
		C)	pianist.
		D)	drummer.


18	A common form in jazz is the
		A)	sixteen-bar refrain.
		B)	thirty-two-bar chorus.
		C)	eight-bar phrase.
		D)	ten-bar blues.


19	The jazz technique that helps to keep the beat is
		A)	timekeeping.
		B)	comping.
		C)	syncopating.
		D)	striding.


20	A mute changes the
		A)	timbre.
		B)	rhythm.
		C)	bridge.
		D)	harmony.

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