Just as (1) ______ is famous for the tango, so American (1) ______
is well-known for jazz, a typical American invention. Unlike
traditional music, which is restricted to European traditions,
jazz music is (2) ______ and flee-formed. (2) ______
Jazz is interesting, so is its (3) ______. The music was (3) ______
invented by Negroes, who were taken away from West Africa
and sold as slaves to the plantation owners in the South of the
country. Their work was hard and their life was short. When one
died, the friends and relatives would attend the (4) ______ (4) ______
On the occasion, a music band often accompanied a march to
the cemetery. On the way to the cemetery, slow, solemn music
was played, but on the way back home (5) ______ music (5) ______
was preferred. The music made everyone want to dance.
was the early form of jazz.
There were also other musical (6) ______ that influenced the (6) ______
formation of jazz. One was the musical (7) ______ in West (7) ______
Africa, from where these Negroes were taken away to America.
The other was the (8) ______ music, which always (8) ______
describes something sad--an unhappy love affair, a money
problem, bad luck. Still the third was the liberated blacks
(9) ______ to create a new music form that was fast, (9) ______
happy and set a (10) ______ rhythm to express their (10) ______
new-found freedom after the American Civil War.