Listening
Audio promptListening: Fill in the Blanks — practice #lfib-005
You will hear a recording. Type the missing word in each blank as you hear it.
Listening: Fill in the Blanks
Untimed practiceYou will hear a recording. Type the missing word in each blank as you hear it.
Guided mode — you can replay this audio.
Jazz emerged in the southern United States in the early twentieth , blending African rhythms with European harmony. One of its defining features is , where musicians invent melodies on the spot rather than reading from a score. The style spread quickly along the river to northern , carried by travelling performers. Today it is celebrated worldwide as a uniquely creative form of .
Fill in at least one blank first — then compare with the model.
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