1900's Worksheet - Dixieland Jazz

Where and when did Dixieland music originate?

• New Orleans, around the turn of the twentieth century
• France 1899
• New York 1913

Where did Dixieland bands begin to play when their music became popular?

• bars
• restaurants
• houses
• dance halls

What instruments were in the rhythm section?

• piano, saxophone, drums, and banjo
• piano, bass, drums, and banjo
• piano, bass, flute, and banjo

What were the cornets, trumpets, clarinet, and trombone known as?

• back line
• middle line
• front line
• only line

What is tailgating?

• when the saxophone plays louder than everyone else
• When everyone plays loudly at the same time
• When the trombone improvises over the harmonies, a type of counter-melody.
• When you eat hot dogs before a football game

What was the trombone player's most important job?

• to play the main or key note of the new chord to indicate the chord had changed
• to play the melody for the entire song louder than the rest of the band
• to play nothing and conduct the band from the front of the stand

Why was this important?

• It wasn't important
• No one could read music
• the music was always wrong

Who came up with the standard instrumentation for the Dixieland band?

• Joe "King" Oliver
• Charles "Buddy" Bolden
• Louis Armstrong
• Nick La Rocca