Ragtime, Blues, and Jazz

What are the roots of Jazz music?

• European classical music

• West African music and nineteenth-century African-American ceremonial and work songs

• Asian folk music

• Latin American rhythms

Scott Joplin's piano rags reflect his preoccupation with which type of musical forms?

• Classical forms

• Jazz improvisations

• Folk tunes

• Modern pop

Who was Scott Joplin?

• A) A famous painter

• B) A renowned composer

• C) A celebrated scientist

• D) A well-known author.

Scott Joplin was born in ________.

Fill in the blank: In measure 4 of the Twelve-Bar Blues Progression, the text reads 'head, ________'.

What unique talent did Billie Holiday have that was recognized by other musicians?

• Her ability to play the trumpet

• Her skill in scat singing

• Her unique vocal style

• Her proficiency in playing the piano

Jazz music draws together traditions from West Africa, Europe, and the ______.

In the years after the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), a new style of music arose in the South, especially in the Mississippi Delta—country, or rural, blues, performed by a ______-voiced male singer and, by the turn of the century, accompanied by a steel-string guitar.

• high

• raspy

• smooth

• soft

Who was dubbed the 'King of the Blues'?

• Charlie Patton

• Bessie Smith

• B. B. King

• Janis Joplin