SHORT LISTENING
ASSIGNMENT 2 Ella Fitzgerald: “It Don’t Mean a Thing”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKZTbmMsgA4 (This video is also on Blackboard in Course Documents.)
SAMPLE CHECKLIST (THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA AS TO HOW WE WILL GRADE YOU):

Name of song listed?

Complete list of instruments and vocalists?

Style name of the performance?

Group techniques that we’ve discussed?

Role(s) of the piano?

Role(s) of the guitar (if any)?

Role(s) of the bass?

Role(s) of the drums?

Complete sequence of events, from beginning to end?

Specific solo listed?

How did the solo progress from beginning to end?
In your view, was the solo successful?
Why or why not?
What was your emotional response to it? Be specific; don’t just say you liked it or didn’t. Use emotional words.

A least four complete sentences describing your emotional response to the overall performance?
Was it pleasing to you?
Why or why not?
Discuss some specific things specific it that you liked or didn’t like.

Spelling and grammar checked? Turned in a final draft?

SOME STYLES AND TECHNIQUES WE’VE COVERED:

P = piano
G = guitar
B = bass
D = drum set
S = saxophone
TPT = trumpet
TBN = trombone

BB = Bebop
CJ = Cool Jazz
HB = Hard Bop
MJ = Modern Jazz

RFS = riffs
OBB = obbligato
SCT = scat singing
MT = mute on trumpet

RP = ride pattern,
SorB = sticks or brushes?
C= comping,
WB = walking bass,

INT = introduction
MS = melody statement (the “head”)
SOL = improvised solos (by which instrument or vocalist, in the correct order),
TRD = trading between soloists
END = an ending (“coda”)
SAMPLE CHECKLIST (THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA AS TO HOW WE WILL GRADE YOU)

_____ / .25 Name of song listed?

_____ / 1Complete list of instruments and vocalists?

_____ / .25 Style name of the performance?

_____ / .5 Group techniques that we’ve discussed?

_____ / .5 Role(s) of the piano?

_____ / .5 Role(s) of the guitar?

_____ / .5 Role(s) of the bass?

_____ / .5 Role(s) of the drums?

_____ / 1Complete sequence of events, from beginning to end?

_____ / .25 Specific solo listed?

_____ / .5 How did the solo progress from beginning to end?
_____ / .5 In your view, was the solo successful?
_____ / .5 Why or why not?
_____ / .5 What was your emotional response to it? Be specific; use emotional words.

_____ / .25 A least four complete sentences describing your emotional response to the overall performance?
_____ / .5Was it pleasing to you?
_____ / .5 Why or why not?
_____ / .5Was there anything specific about it that you liked?
_____ / .5 Anything specific you did not like?

_____ / 1Spelling and grammar checked? Turned in a final draft?

SEE OTHER SIDE FOR ABBREVIATIONS

SOME COMMON ABREVIATIONS:

BMS = be more specific; give more details
EX = expand discussion of this
FOC = focus closely on the question
NC = not clear
OK = questionable, but no points taken off
RR = re-read the assignment on this

P = piano
G = guitar
B = bass
D = drum set
S = saxophone
TPT = trumpet
TBN = trombone

BB = Bebop
CJ = Cool Jazz
HB = Hard Bop
MJ = Modern Jazz
FJ = Free Jazz
RFF = Rock/Funk Fusion
NC = Neo-Classic Jazz

RFS = riffs
SCT = scat singing

RP = ride pattern,
SorB = sticks or brushes?
C= comping,
WB = walking bass,

INT = introduction
MS = melody statement (the “head”)
SOL = improvised solos (by which instrument or vocalist, in the correct order),
TRD = trading between soloists
END = an ending (“coda”)

 
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