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Blues & Rock n' Roll!
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1
What does improvisation mean?
A pre-planned and/or notated composition
To improve your music
Playing as part of an ensemble
Making up music on the spot based on the chord progression
2
The blues are based on a pattern of this many measures, or "bars."
4
12
10
8
3
Which is NOT an example of a common theme in blues songs?
Suffering
Poverty
Politics
Sexuality
4
What are the three chords which Blues is based upon, and Rock and Roll grew from?
I IV V
I V VI
I II III
V VI VII
5
What links "Hound Dog" to the Blues
Same performer
Same chord progression
Same lyrics
6
How did Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, & the Big Bopper die on "the day the music died" in 1959?
Assassination
Drug overdose
Car crash
Plane crash
7
Blues, an African-American folk music genre, developed in what American region?
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
South
Northeast
8
Who wrote Rock Around The Clock?
Bill Haley & The Comets
Bill Moon & The Planets
Bill Bailey and The Gromets
Bill Moon & The Sunbeams
9
Known as the king of rock n’ roll, this artist is among the most successful artists of all time
Little Richard
Elvis Presley
James Brown
Robert Johnson
10
Which of the following is NOT a method of listening to music?
Gramophone Records
Cassette Tapes
Wax cylinders
Polygraph
