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What styles were the roots of the blues? Select all that apply (Hint: there are 2)!
Game songs
Work Songs
Soul
Spirituals
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What caused the Great Migration from the South?
·African Americans wanted to escape racism and Jim Crow laws in the South
· African Americans wanted to travel to new places
·African Americans wanted to spread Blues music around the country
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1. What made the earliest style of Delta Blues unique? ·
Solo piano or guitar
Solo harmonica or guitar
Group harmonica or guitar ·
4
Major and minor pentatonic scales make up Blues is different to the 7 note Western scale because it has how many notes?
5
8
6
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What is the lyrical form of the Blues?
AAB
ABC
ABA
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1. What are some of the qualities of blues music that people enjoy? Choose all that apply (Hint: there are 3)!
·Wailing harmonicas
·Lyrics about happy memories
·Lyrics about hardships
·Gritty guitar solos
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The AAB form of the lyrics is inspired by what technique used in spirituals and work songs?
Unison
Call and response
Improvisation
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1Country music is a mix of Blues and: ·
Jazz Music
Rock and Roll
Folk Music
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1. What three chords make up the 12 Bar Blues progression?
4;5;6
1;4;5
1;3;8
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Where did the blues originate?
Chicago
· Mississippi Delta
New Orleans
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1. Elvis Presley recorded a Rock & Roll cover of Hound Dog in 1956, originally by 1952 Blues artist:
Koko Taylor
Big Mama Thorton
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
12
Blues music also influenced which famous British rock band?
AC/DC
Elvis Presley
The Beatles
13
What is added to the pentatonic scales to make the sound "Blue"?
A sharp note
A natural note
A flat note
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1Chicago Blues later influenced which genre? ·Gospel ·Rock and Roll · Country Western
Gospel
rock and roll
Country and Western
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These artists created a Blues song with a twist, but kept which Blues elements? (Hint: there are 3)!
Pentatonic Blues scales
Piano
Harmonica
12 Bar Blues progression
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1. These artists used a synth to recreate which Blues sound?
Wailing bottleneck guitar
Smooth Harmonica
Gritty vocals
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1. What were Blues music venues called?
Blues Bars
House of Blues
Juke Joints
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What made Chicago Blues different?
Bass Guitar
Piano
Harmonica
Electric Guitar
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Artists such as Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Willie Dixon brough the blues to which city?
Memphis
Chicago
Mississippi Delta
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What is the similarity between Blues and Classical music?
The way melody is formed over chord progressions
The way melody is unrelated to the chords
The way chords are wild and unpredictable
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12 Bar Blues became the most popular forms in which genre?
Early Jazz
Early country
Hip Hop
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1. What is the effect of bottleneck slide guitar technique?
Brassy, harsh timbre
Scooping, wailing timbre
Smooth, clear timbre
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What makes the Blues unique as a genre?
It is intertwined with other genres and heavily influenced modern music
· It is intertwined with older genres, but not modern ones
·It is entirely unique and has no connection to other genres
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The 12 Bar Blues progression was also popular in which other genre?
Country and Western
Funk
Rock and Roll
25
1. Blues lyrics told stories that were:
Fantasy and folk tales
True about everyday life
exaggerations of everyday life
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1. What is an important technique in the Blues?
Call and response
Unison
Improvisation
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When was the blues style born?
Late 1900's
Late 1900's
Early 1900's
Late 1800's
