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Swing music

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  • Q1
    This term refers to the fast acrobatic movements that accompanied Swing/Big Band music.
    Dancing Bug
    Dixieland
    Hip Hop
    Jitterbug
    30s
  • Q2
    A type of jazz music that became popular in the 1930s and 1940s. It is used for dancing. It is still found today.
    Folk Music
    Pop Music
    Country Music
    Swing Music
    30s
  • Q3
    The separation of two races: for Jazz purposes, specifically African Americans and Caucasians
    Integration
    Prohibition
    Improvisation
    Segregation
    30s
  • Q4
    Making it up as you go along
    Prohibition
    Improvisation
    Exploration
    Segregation
    30s
  • Q5
    Swing dance named after the pilot who was famous for his solo flight over the Atlantic
    Fitzgerald Stomp
    Lindy Hop
    Charleston Jive
    Goodman Stamp
    30s
  • Q6
    Most popular dance club in New York time of Harlem Renaissance; had to replace floors every 3-4 years.
    Savoy Ballroom
    Palomar Ballroom
    Rockefeller Center
    Carnegie Hall
    30s
  • Q7
    a pattern in which one voice or instrument is answered by another voice, instrument, or group of instruments; a musical conversation
    Call and Response
    Chatty Cathy
    Follow the Leader
    Jump and Jive
    30s
  • Q8
    October 29, 1929; leads to the Great Depression.
    Dust Bowl
    WWII
    Stock Market Crash
    Vietnam War
    30s
  • Q9
    Last song in "the most famous jazz concert in history"
    Take the A Train
    This Land Is Your Land
    Flying' Home
    Sing, Sing, Sing
    30s
  • Q10
    famous Clarinet player who helped integrate Swing bands
    Tommy Dorsey
    Michael Bublé
    Woody Guthrie
    Benny Goodman
    30s
  • Q11
    famous scat singer and Swing musician
    Gene Krupa
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Benny Goodman
    Buddy Rich
    30s
  • Q12
    Trumpets & Trombones
    Brass Section
    Rhythm Section
    Reed Section
    30s
  • Q13
    Saxophones & Clarinets
    Brass Section
    Rhythm Section
    Reed Section
    30s
  • Q14
    group of musicians that provide the underlying pulse or beat of a piece; piano, drums, bass, guitar
    Reed Section
    Brass Section
    Rhythm Section
    30s
  • Q15
    had to have at least 10 members; most had 17
    No Band
    Big Band
    Combo Band
    Small Band
    30s

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