BLUES WORD LIST

Question 1

"A legal arrangement in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops" is

Accepted Answer

Share Croppers

Question 2

"A style of singing in which a melody sung by one singer is responded to or echoed by one or more singers" is:

Accepted Answer

Call and response

Question 3

Who were blues artists?

Accepted Answer

Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson

Question 4

"A war between citizens of the same country" is called a

Accepted Answer

Civil War

Question 5

a style of music played on the piano, using a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment.

Accepted Answer

Ragtime

Question 6

The blues sequence has how many chords?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 7

Blues has directly influenced other genres of music

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

A religious song associated with black Christians of the southern USA

Accepted Answer

Spirituals

Question 9

"A type of work song originally sung by black slaves that later contributed to the development of the blues" is

Accepted Answer

Field Holler

Question 10

The African slave trade took place during...

Accepted Answer

18th-19th Century

Question 11

Slaves came to America by

Accepted Answer

Boat

Question 12

What is the Promised Land

Accepted Answer

Heaven

Question 13

How many different chords are found in the 12 bar blues?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 14

The 12 Bar Blues in A uses which chords?

Accepted Answer

A, D, E

Question 15

Accompanying means:

Accepted Answer

the music that is played underneath someone singing

Question 16

"A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them."

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 17

The elements of music found in Blues Music are:

Accepted Answer

Call and Response, Syncopation, Improvisation

Question 18

"Making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. “Making it up on the spot” is known as

Accepted Answer

Improvisation

Questions 18