FUSED AND RUN-ON SENTENCES EXERCISE #2 
 

__F___ 1.  Jazz is a traditional American form of music, also it is very interesting.  
 
 

__F___ 2. Players of Jazz often work together in duets, trios, quartets, and even big bands; some players 
may even play solo. 
 
 

__F___ 3. Typically, in Jazz, you have a melodic instrument with a rhythm section; the rhythm section is 
often composed of a bassist, drummer, and a piano player. 
 
 
__F___ 4. The interesting thing about Jazz is that sheet music may not necessarily be important to the 

performance; oftentimes, players will improvise the performance. 
 
 
__C___ 5. Good Jazz players are often distinguished from bad players by the quality of their 
improvisation as well as their ability to interact with their band mates.  
 
 
__F___ 6. Again, although music is not necessary, most players use a sort of chord progression and a 

melody to steer the performance, yet some players use only the chord progression and improvise a 
melody. 
 
 
__F___ 7. Some of the most accomplished Jazz musicians need only a few chords to sustain hours of 

play on a single tune. Drawing from hours of practice and familiarity with other melodies, they simply 
construct a new melody. 
 
 

__F___ 8. Many players even play "outside" of the melody; in a sense, they may play a melody and 
actually add new notes to the melody or even change its rhythm. 
 
 

__F___ 9. To many music connoisseurs, Jazz is considered the Avant Garde or the Vanguard; this 
means that the music is innovative and critically acclaimed as some of the most artistic work in existence.    
 
 

__F___ 10. For decades, players have carried forth Jazz, and jazz has changed from decade to 
decade. 
 
 
__F___ 11. What once began as simple Ragtime music in the early 1900s has progressed into a musical 

form called Fusion. Fusion incorporates elements of Rock and Jazz. 
 
 
__C___ 12. Like Fusion, many Jazz divisions formed based on the qualities of the music itself. 
 
 
__C___ 13. When Latin rhythms are incorporated into traditional Jazz, the end result is Latin Jazz. 
 __C___ 14. When a rhythm, melody, and chords (or harmonic structure) are mostly non-existent, the Jazz 
is referred to as Free Jazz, because Free Jazz is free of the use of a traditional melody and other facets 
of traditional jazz. 
 
 
__C___ 15. Today, Jazz is even more experimental, taking on elements of ambient music forms and 
even other more mainstream forms, such as Hip Hop. 
 
 

__F___ 16. Acid Jazz is one expression of this experimentation. This type of jazz combines the smooth 
beats and backgrounds of more electronic music and new age music with traditional or new jazz 
melodies.