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Year 8 Unit 6: Blues
Year 8 Unit 6: Blues
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1
Blues could be considered to be the root genre of all popular music today.
False
True
2
What is it called when two players hold a musical conversation?
This and that
Improvisation and melody
Call and response
Question and answer
3
What is a walking bass line?
A group of notes played at the same time?
A melody made up on the spot based on the notes of the blues scale?
A melody played on bass instrument using the notes of a chord on each beat
4
Where did the Blues originate from?
Canada
America
Africa
England
5
Which of the following styles was not an influence on the blues?
Spirituals
Ragtime
Work Song
African songs
6
What family of instruments was most common in the music made by African slaves?
Woodwinds
Strings
Percussion
Brass
7
What is the name of the popular musical
structure
used in Blues music?
Walking bass line
Improvisation
Chords
12 bar blues
8
What 3 chords are needed to play a blues in C?
C E and G
C G and A
C D and E
C F and G
9
Blues music was created due to experiences of_______.
hardships/sadness
surprises
excitement
happy/glad times
10
Which of these are most common during a solo in Blues music?
Blue Notes
Improvisation
Glisaando
Vibrato
11
True or False: The 12 bar blues and walking bass can never be played together.
False
True
12
What is a chord in music?
A group of 2 or more notes played together at the same time.
A lead to help you plug in your electric guitar.
A blues instrument.
A type of drum.
13
Blues music serves as the foundation for Jazz, Rock and Roll and many other popular music genres.
True
False
14
Which chords are used to create the 12 bar blues pattern
I-IV-V
I-IV-III
I-IV-VI
I-II-III
15
Which of these notes is a chord of C?
CEG
CGB
CAB
CFA
16
How did blues music start up back in the early 1800's?
Office workers singing to each other
Farmers singing to each other
Slaves on plantation fields singing to each other
Children singing to each other
17
The slaves who influenced early Blues music brought their work songs from________.
Spain
China
West Africa
Russia
18
The blues helped in the development of popular music styles such as jazz, swing, early Rock and Roll and which style?
Baroque
Opera
Concerto
Rhythm and Blues
