Quiz 5: Jazz

Quiz 5: Jazz

12th Grade

16 Qs

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Quiz 5: Jazz

Quiz 5: Jazz

Assessment

Quiz

Arts

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Rochelle White

FREE Resource

16 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What types of instruments found their way into Jazz music during the 60's and 70s?

Saxophones

Electronic instruments

Drums

Bass

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is improvisation in jazz music?

Pre-composed melodies

Making up or creating melodies spontaneously

Following a strict score

Repeating the same melody

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What cultural influences contributed to the origins of jazz in New Orleans?

Classical music and opera

Mixed cultures, slaves, Voodoo culture, Ragtime

Rock and roll and hip hop

Country music and folk songs

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During the 1920s, which of the following jazz artists was well known?

Diana Krall

Duke Ellington

Glenn Miller

Bill Evans

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What era of Jazz saw composers moving towards modes and irregular time signatures?

60's/70's

80's-present

50's

40's

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which artist is NOT a part of jazz in the 1950's?

Bill Evans

Miles Davis

Count Basie

Dave Brubeck

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which artist composed jazz music in the 1960's and 1970's?

Brecker Brothers

Herbie Hancock

Benny Goodman

Duke Ellington

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