Academic Integrity: tutoring, explanations, and feedback — we don’t complete graded work or submit on a student’s behalf.

1.) What are some important styles of Jazz? 2.) What are the most common Jazz In

ID: 3451042 • Letter: 1

Question

1.) What are some important styles of Jazz?
2.) What are the most common Jazz Instruments?
3.) Which instrumental combinations are the most common in Jazz?
4.) Jazz Bands are made up of how many sections?
5.) Why is Jazz Improvisation important?
6.) What are some Popular Songs in the Jazz Era?
7.) What are some Blues Songs?
8.) What is Rags or (Ragtime)
9.) How do you describe Brass Band Marches and Dances?
10.) How do you describe Melodies that are not played as written?
11.) What is Vibrato?
12.) What are some Instruments played unique to the Jazz Style?
13.) What is Syncopation

Explanation / Answer

1. The most common type of Jazz Music genres available are: Acid Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Big Band, Blue Note, Contemporary Jazz and Dixieland.

2. The main instrumentation of jazz music are listed under its two sections which are rhythm section and horn section. Rhythm section consists of the percussion, double bass or bass guitar, and usually at least one instrument capable of playing chords, such as a piano, guitar, Hammond organ or vibraphone; most will usually have more than one of these. The standard rhythm section is piano, bass, and drums. Some large swing era orchestras also employed an additional piano, accordion, and banjo.

The horn section consists of a woodwind section and a brass section, which play the melody and main accompaniment. The standard small combo usually limits itself to one trumpet and one saxophone at times augmented by a second saxophone or a trombone. Typical horns found in a big jazz band include 4-5 trumpets, 5-6 woodwind instruments (usually saxophones), and 3-4 trombones.

3. Piano and saxophone, organ and vocals, or even trumpet and sax are all great combos for jazz.

4. The jazz music has two section: Rythym section and horn section(already described in answer 2).