OCR AS Music Jazz Set Works

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  • Created on: 30-04-13 12:17
What key is Hotter Than That in?
Eb Major
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What kind of texture is in the Introduction?
New Orleans Polyphony
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Which instrument has the solo in chorus 1?
Trumpet
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How does the second half solo differ from the first?
It is more virtuosic and varied. less rests and more use of broken chordal figures and chromatic triplets
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What note does the trumpet 'rip' up to half way through his solo?
high Bb
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What features of New Orleans Jazz does Louis Armstrong use in his solo?
Lip trill, vibrato, rip
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What are the rhythm section doing in the trumpet solo?
Piano and banjo generally comping, but occasionally stop to place emphasis on the soloist
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Who plays the solo in chorus 2?
Johnny Dodds on Clarinet
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What is the name of the register he uses? Why does he use this?
Clarino range. So that he can be heard above the accompaniment. Limitations of the recording technology meant that hierarchical positioning needed to be used, so johnny would be as high in pitch as possible, and very close to the single microphone
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What kind of vibrato features predominantly in chorus 2?
Teminal vibrato
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How does emphasis on notes differ in chorus 1 and 2?
Trumpet solo emphasises the 2 note upbeat to every 4 bar phrase, whereas the clarinet solo focuses more on the strong crotchet beats of the bar.
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What instruments play in chorus 2?
Clarinet (solo), banjo and piano
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What is happening in the bass in chorus 2?
Tonic and dominant octaves - oom-pah feel.
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What piano style is typical of early New Orleans jazz and features in chorus 2 of Hotter Than That?
Stride Piano
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Who is the soloist in chorus 3?
Louis Armstrong - **** solo. It has the same qualities as his previous trumpet solo (eg first 16 bars are the same shape)
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Which part of his solo creates a polyrhythmic feel over the crotchets in the rhythm section?
when Louis sings 24 dotted crotchets over 9 bars
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Which instrument plays improvisatory countermelodies behind the **** solo?
Guitar - Lonnie Johnson
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What happens immediately after chorus 3?
Lonnie Johnson and Louis Armstrong - guitar and **** duet
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How does this section differ to anything which would be heard in orchestral pieces?
smears and pitch bending give different tunings of G, exploiting the felxibility of pitch in blues compared to that in classical music. These smeres have microtonal inflections on the 3rd degree of the scale (G/Gb)
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How does the tempo differ in the duet than in the previous and following sections?
it is slower, more relaxed, and the drive has gone - mainly because the piano drops out
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Card 2

Front

What kind of texture is in the Introduction?

Back

New Orleans Polyphony

Card 3

Front

Which instrument has the solo in chorus 1?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

How does the second half solo differ from the first?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

What note does the trumpet 'rip' up to half way through his solo?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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Comments

Mariana

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good! although I was a litte thrown in the crossword as you spelt terminal vibrato wrong which meant it didnt fit!!! Otherwise very helpful thanks! :) x 

IjadsaBica

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great stuff, though it would be a 5 star resource if only it included the second half of the piece (and perhaps got rid of those spelling mistakes)

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