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All About the Blues!!
All About the Blues!!
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What instrument is most important in keeping the beat?
Bass guitar
Flute
Drums
Violin
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What is the correct structure of a verse in blues music?
BAA
AAB
ABBA
ABA
3
How many lines of lyrics are typically in each verse of the blues?
3
2
5
4
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What river was the birthplace of the blues?
St. Lawrence
Amazon
Nile
Mississippi
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Where did the blues originate?
Chicago
New York
Mississippi Delta
Blue Lagoon
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What American president outlawed slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Henry Ford
George Bush
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What event forced former slaves to move north in the late 1800s?
A devastating hurricane
The arrival of The Beatles in America
New laws which allowed slavery
A bug which killed the cotton crop
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What major city did the blues NOT evolve from?
Detroit, Michigan
Orlando, Florida
Chicago, Illinois
New York, New York
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What popular artist was an important crossover between whites and so-called 'race music'?
Elvis Costello
Celine Dion
Michael Jackson
Elvis Presley
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What musical genres inspired the blues?
Work Songs and Gospel
Grunge and Gospel
Hip-hop and Work Songs
Rock & Roll and Work Songs
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What was one major form of the blues which evolved in the late 1800s?
Denim Blues
Breakup Blues
Delta Blues
Cotton-pickin' Blues
