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