Music Appreciation I
Exam 4 Study Guide
Jazz Styles:
New Orleans Style
Swing
Bebop
Roots of Jazz:
Blues
Brass Bands
Ragtime
Jazz Vocabulary
Jazz
Blues
Ragtime
call and response
chorus
breaks
riff
head
rhythm section
front line
Performers/Composers
Scott Joplin
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Benny Goodman
Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Thelonius Monk
Characteristcs:
World Music
What are the various ways that music is used by humans around the world?
World Music Vocabulary
Ethnomusicology
membranophone
chordophone
aerophone
idiophone
heterophony
call and response
tambura
raga
tala
sitar
tabla
chant
Famous Performers
Name
Instrument
Country of Origin/Style
Key Concepts:
Be able to describe the history of jazz from its roots through Bebop. Include specific style periods, jazz
vernacular, performers/composers, and pieces.
Be able to describe how music functions in non-western cultures. Be able to cite specific cultures,
performers, and musical terms.
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