Grade 8 Jazz Review

4. When all instruments or voices play the same melody line together, creating a homophonic texture.
5. A musical structure where one voice or instrument poses a musical question, and another completes it.
6. A vocal improvisation style that uses nonsensical syllables instead of words.
9. A rhythmic feel characterized by a bouncy rhythm, typically alternating between long and short notes.
13. A type of song slaves sung while they worked where one person is the leader and the others answer.
15. to make something up on the spot
17. A bass line that moves continuously, typically rising or falling, often played by the double bass.
18. ________ - bar blues
21. A musical form where one voice or instrument plays a phrase and another responds, creating a dialogue.
22. A rhythmic concept where polyrhythms and off-beat rhythms create unexpected accents in music.

1. The act of creating music spontaneously, without pre-composed material.
2. A technique where a group of instruments takes turns playing the melody, similar to call and response.
3. songs about the bible
7. Slaves were forced to pick ________.
8. the volume of music
10. Notes of the G chord
11. Notes of the F chord
12. People taken against their will from Africa and brought to America to work.
14. A rhythmic technique where all instruments play short, sharp notes together, interspersed with silence or just percussion.
16. 2 notes that do not sound nice together, often occuring in free jazz.
19. slaves music eventually evolved into the ________.
20. the speed of music
21. Notes of the C major chord