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Archive for May, 2009

Invent a Mix and Match Music Quiz

Posted by David French on May 23, 2009

Invent questions and answers for a music quiz on Listen 3: Mix and Match. Questions and answers should be based on one or more of the Listen 3 links. They need to fit the boxes easily, so only use a few words for each one!
How many mix match pairs do you need? This is up to you to decide and may depend on the topic for your quiz. For example, Listen 1: Mix and Match has 70 questions; Mix Match Mozart 1 has 14 questions; Mix Match Mozart 2 has 16 questions.
When your quiz is ready please POST YOUR QUIZ HERE, or in COMMENTS below. Please note that all posts will be reviewed and will not appear on this space unless approved for publication.
Good luck with your music quiz!

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Interactive Jazz Listening

Posted by David French on May 9, 2009

The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge interactive presentation JAZZ IN TIME provides an excellent introduction to the eras and styles of jazz. Listening samples include:

“Black Bottom Stomp” by Jelly Roll Morton

“St. Louis Blues” by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong

“Ballin’ The Jack” by James Reese Europe

“Canal Street Blues” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

“Wild Man Blues” by Johnny Dodds and his Chicago Boys

“You’ve Got to Be Modernistic” by James P. Johnson

“Heebie Jeebies” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Fives

“Lester Leaps In” by Lester Young

“It Don’t mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” by Duke Ellington

“Bebop” by Dizzy Gillespie

“Moanin’” by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

“Boplicity” by Miles Davis

“Eventually” by Ornette Coleman

“A Love Supreme” by John Coltrane

“I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel To Be Free” by Billy Taylor

“Sly” by Herbie Hancock

“Cantaloupe (Flip Fantasia)” by Us3

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