AS OCR Music Jazz Works Quiz

Questions on the Jazz pieces Koko, Alligator Crawl and It Ain't Necessarily So.

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  • Created on: 16-01-12 20:45
When was Alligator Crawl written?
1927
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When was it ain't necessarily so written?
1958
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When was Koko written?
1945
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At bar 47 of the first chorus of Koko there is asymmetric phrasing , what is it?
phrases that carry on into the next section of another phrase
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What key does the Introduction of It ain't Necessarily so begin in?
B-Minor
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In Alligator Crawl how does the trumpet stand out in chorus 2 alongside the New Orleans Polyphony?
Using a higher register
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Who plays the unusual drum solo in Koko?
Max Roach
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In Koko what happens to the first phrase played by the alto sax in A1 of Chorus 1 in the second phrase
It is mirrored
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Miles Davis uses modal jazz in his piece what is this based on
Dorian Mode in G-minor
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Where in Alligator Crawl do we hear a glissandi, scoops and smears?
Chorus 1
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What accompanies the paraphrase from the particularly hard clarinet solo high society in chorus 2 A4?
pizzicato walking bass with irregular piano chords on the off beat
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What was Alligator Crawl based on?
Alligator Crawl by Fats Waller
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What about the walking bass was influenced by Art Tatum in Koko heard particularly in A6 of Chorus 2?
high register
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What is different structurally about chorus 4 of it ain't necessarily so?
It is all A sections
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How does Charlie Parker create interest in his 12 bar blues sequence?
sevenths and B flats altered chromatically uses diminished harmonies to move from one chord to the next
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Who plays the counter-melodies in the New Orleans Polyphony of Chorus 2 with Louis Armstrong?
Johnny Dodds on Clarinet
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What was significant about the recording of Koko
first piece of Bebop to be recorded
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How is B3 of Chorus 3 made dramatic in It Ain't Necessarily So?
all the instruments return after a dimnuendo at forte marking.
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Why is Chorus 2 of Alligator Crawl slower than chorus 4
the tempo increased at the banjo and guitar solo
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Where do the circle of fifths occur in Koko
B-sections
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What happens in the drum solo in Koko
he keeps the pulse uses syncopation and cross rhythms using the whole kit towards the end of the solo.
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Is Charlie Parker's piece fully improvised
no he uses formulaic improvisation but it still causes the same controvasy
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When was it ain't necessarily so written?

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1958

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When was Koko written?

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Card 4

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At bar 47 of the first chorus of Koko there is asymmetric phrasing , what is it?

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What key does the Introduction of It ain't Necessarily so begin in?

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Dafydd Owen

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I got 36% and I've never even heard of Charlie Parker...I'm joking. Of course I know who he is. He was Welsh...like me! However, some people deem this as bad. I however think that we Welsh (and I know Parker would agree with me) are superior!! !

morgan sharpe

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This is a really good test! It highlighted the gaps in my knowledge - of which I shall revise. Thank you for sharing this

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