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Jazz Composition and Arranging questions
Name
1. Blues form is typically how many measures?
A. 8
B. 32
C. 12
D. 16
2. "Rhythm Changes" are built off the structure to the tune:
A. Rhythm-a-Ning
B. I've Got Rhythm
C. Rockin' in Rhythm
D. Rhythm of Love
E. I don't know
3. Which of these specific rhythms do NOT belong to the "Latin Groove" family:
A. Samba
B. Bossa Nova
C. Funk
D. Afro-Cuban
E. I don't know
4. Which of the following is not a typical "doubling" instrument that a saxophonist should play:
A. Flute
B. Clarinet
C. Soprano Sax
D. French Horn
E. I don't know
5. To get a Trumpet to play a Bb, you would write a:
A. Gb
B. Fb
C. Ab
D. Bb
E. I don't know
6. To transpose a C on the trombone, you'd write which note:
A. C- the trombone does not transpose
B. D
C. D, up one octave
D. Bb
7. Which of these instruments is non-transposing?
A. Baritone Sax
B. Clarinet
C. Bass Clarinet
D. Flute
E. I don't know
8. An alto sax transposes:
A. up M2
B. up M6
C. up M9
D. up M13
E. I don't know
9. Which of these describes a chord voicing, spanning more than one octave:
A. Closed-Position Voicing
B. A Tritone Substitution
C. Open-Position Voicing
D. Bridge Voicing
E. I don't know
10. The part of an arrangement where most of the instruments play in rhythmic unison, many times to provide intensity:
A. Chase
B. Turnaround
C. Boom
D. Shout
E. I don't know
11. The cued music, played behind a soloist, is called:
A. Backgrounds
B. Shout
C. Trading
D. Head
E. I don't know
12. When instruments take turns soloing with the drummer, it is:
A. Head
B. Shout
C. Trading
D. Conversing
E. I don't know
13. When two or more instruments play an already scripted improvisation, it is called a:
A. Solo
B. Soli
C. Improv
D. Blowing
E. I don't know
14. Repeating the end of a song, once or more times, is calles a:
A. Turnaround
B. Tag
C. Coda
D. Ending
E. I don't know
15. Writing a new melody over a given set of chord changes is called a:
A. Head
B. Reharmonization
C. Treatment
D. Contrafact
E. I don't know
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Section II (If you have composed any type of work)
Name
Have you ever written a musical composition?
Yes
No
If so, would you consider it a jazz composition?
Yes
No
If you have composed, what type of things have you done?
What kind of groups have you composed for?
Give an example(s) of something you have composed:
Do you have any experience with a computer notation program like Finale or Sibelius?
Yes
No
Has your work ever won awards or notice? If so, please elaborate
Has any of your compositions been for professional purposes? If so, please elaborate
Would you consider sending, via email, an example of your work in pdf form?
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No
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