MUS 355U EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE (GRADED A+)
Jazz Can Be Defined As? - Answers Music which combines the syncopation of African Music with the Harmony of European Music to create a new American Form.
Which of the following elements are best associated with jazz music? - An...
Jazz Can Be Defined As? - Answers Music which combines the syncopation of African Music with the
Harmony of European Music to create a new American Form.
Which of the following elements are best associated with jazz music? - Answers Improvisation,
syncopation, swing feeling
Which of the following are most common instruments in Jazz? - Answers Trumpet, Acoustic Bass, Drum
Set
What are 3 AMERICAN musical genres which are precursors to Jazz? - Answers Blues, Spirituals, Ragtime
Which Of The Following is NOT TRUE about Minstrelsy? - Answers It was developed through African
American Block Parties...
Which pre- 20th century genres are considered precursors to Jazz? - Answers Blues, Spirituals, Minstrel
Songs
African music has what salient characteristics which make it distinctive from European concert music? -
Answers Polyrythms, Body Percussion and Dance, Ostinatos
Who of the following is considered the "Father Of American Music" and wrote songs for Minstrel Shows
like "My Old Kentucky Home," and " Turkey In The Straw?" - Answers Stephen Foster
Who according to the Ken Burns documentary is arguably the most important musician in jazz history? -
Answers Louis Armstrong
According to the Ken Burns Documentary, who was called the "King Of Jazz," and created some of the
most successful and commercially accessible early jazz in the 1920's? - Answers Paul Whiteman
Which of the Following is True about "Jelly Roll" Morton?" - Answers New Orleans based pianist who
claimed " to have invented Jazz," which is
disputed, but is one of the first musicians to notate jazz
Which of the following are NOT salient characteristics of Ragtime music? - Answers Long improvisations
based on chord changes and blistering fast swing tempos
Which one of these was Scott Joplin's biggest seller? - Answers Maple Leaf Rag
According to the Ken Burn's documentary, who in 1925 had become the biggest star in Jazz as a member
of Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra? - Answers Louis Armstrong
According To the Ken Burns Documentary, which singer in 1927 was referred to as the "Empress Of The
Blues?" - Answers Bessie Smith
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