Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Review For Final

1. What's a term used to describe "The Great American Songbook" but was also a real place in Manhattan which was the heart of the music industry?

2. What were the pianists who played songs on the piano all day (in the location answered by the previous question) called?

3. What is a contrafact?

4. Name the trumpeter who pioneered five subgenera of jazz.

5. What is the term jazz musicians use to describe how a pianist "accompanies" a soloist?

6. What legendary musician from Washington D.C. was known more for his compositions and band leading than his piano playing(although he was an accomplished pianist)?

7. What was the form of touring theater where whites would wear blackface and lampoon blacks, but later, blacks would wear blackface and also lampoon black culture as it was perceived by whites?

8. What electronic apparatus is used by acoustic bassists to get more volume and sustain from their instrument?

9. What is the term used to describe the percentage the artist receives from the sale of each copy of an album?

10. Name 5 important jazz musicians.

11. Which pre jazz genre came out of work songs and is typically 12 bars?

12. Which pre jazz genre stems from Negro spirituals stem from the attempt to make the African slaves Christians, and  melodies use the pentatonic scale combined with European harmony?

13. Which Tin Pan Alley composer wrote "What Is This Thing Called Love?"

14. Name three musicians associated with the Swing Era.

15. Name 2 pianists who were associated with Stride Piano

16. What were the sessions called when stride pianists would try to "outplay" each other?

17. Which jazz sub genre of jazz became a cult music in the 40's and used fast, complex phrases and jagged accents, and was primarily a small group based music?

18. What was the name of the Miles Davis album which we associated with modal jazz?

19. What is a song from a famous musical which John Coltrane made into a modal arrangement?

20. Which form of jazz was associated with slower tempos, fewer chords, more "thoughtful" solos, and less frenetic than bebop?

21. Which form of jazz was associated with funky grooves, soulful melodies and a return to the blues and roots of the music?

22. Which form of jazz that "rejected" preconceived notions of chord changes and form was pioneered by alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman?

23. Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" is considered a pivotal album in what genre?

24. Who is considered the most important "Gypsy Jazz" guitarist?

25. What was the French name for "Gypsy Jazz"?

26.  What is the genre of Spanish music, song and dance from Andalusia, in southern Spain, that includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance) and palmas (handclaps)?

27. Name two rhythms in Brazilian Jazz.

28. What is the central rhythm of Afro-Cuban Jazz? What are two different types of this rhythm?

29. Name three percussion instruments typically found in a latin jazz band.

30. What is the lively rhythmic part which the pianist typically plays on a salsa(Latin Jazz) tune as an accompaniment?

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