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