What is the name of the 3-2 Cuban rhythm which underpins Cuban jazz?
Syncopation
Diminution
Son clave
Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods uses lots of complex cross-rhythms. What is a cross-rhythm?
Conflicting rhythm patterns played at the same time
Rhythms that use accents
Rhythms with an emphasis on the second and fourth beats of the bar
Dizzy Gillespie's jazz style included fast tempos, complex harmonies and rhythms, and virtuosic improvisations. What is this style of jazz called?
Bebop
Cool jazz
Swing
What is the name of the object that can be placed in the end of a brass instrument to alter the tone?
Reed
Mute
Valve
Which of these instruments is traditionally used in a jazz band?
Viola
Oboe
Double bass
Which of the following statements describes call and response?
Where the same melody pattern is played one note higher or one note lower
Where one melody or instrument is answered by another
A section of music repeated
In a blues scale, which of these is a blues note?
Flattened second
Flattened fourth
Flattened fifth
What is a monophonic texture?
One single line of music
Two or more contrasting melodies played together
A texture based on chords
In which year was Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods released?
1965
1975
1985
What is an improvisation?
The creation of a musical passage that hasn't been prepared in advance
A set sequence performed by different instruments
A solo passage for one instrument