Purposes of Music/Jazz Jazz, continued Movin' on up from Jazz Feel the Beat You say Timber, I say Timbre
100
What is ceremonial?
The Star Spangled Banner is an example of this purpose of music.
100
What is improvisation?
Jazz music is unique because of this technique, where you make it up as you go.
100
What is group improv vs featured soloists?
The difference between Dixieland vs Chicago style
100
What is a melody pattern?
The piano plays this type of pattern.
100
What is timbre?
It's what makes an instrument sound unique, like a fingerprint.
200
What is recreational?
This purpose includes the hokey pokey and lullabies.
200
Where is New Orleans?
This is the birthplace of jazz music.
200
What is texture?
Layers of sound
200
What is an eighth note?
When this type of note is by itself, it has a flag on the stem.
200
What are percussion, winds, and strings?
These are the three groups or families of instruments we have discussed so far.
300
What is artistic expression?
This is the most popular of the three purposes of music.
300
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
She was known as the First Lady of Song, and also the Queen of Scat.
300
What are instruments, melody, lyrics, rhythm?
These are some examples of layers of sound.
300
What is Faerie Stories?
This song includes 7 different ostinato patterns.
300
What are bowing and plucking?
These are two ways that string instruments are played, which changes the timbre.
400
What is Dixieland jazz?
Group improvisation.
400
What is scatting?
Vocal improvisationon nonsense syllables.
400
What are ostinatos?
Short musical patterns that repeat over and over again.
400
What are the bagpipes?
This instrument used in Faerie Stories is part of the Winds family and is played by filling the instrument with air.
400
What is the style of music being played?
It determines if it's called a violin or a fiddle.
500
Who is Louis Armstrong?
He was a great trumpet player and had a very unique singing voice.
500
Who is Duke Ellington?
He was a famous jazz pianist who was born Edward Kennedy.
500
What are rhythm and melody patterns?
One pattern is pitched while the other is unpitched.
500
What is the xylophone?
The balaphon is an example of this type of melodic instrument.
500
What are the size, the way it's played, and what it's made out of?
These are some different ways to describe the timbre of an instrument.






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