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YEAR 8 - Blues #1
YEAR 8 - Blues #1
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1
What is the name of the standard CHORD PROGRESSION used in lots of Blues Music?
12 blue bars
12-bar blues
16 blue bars
16-bar blues
2
What was the mood of the lyrics of lots of early songs sung by the slaves?
Bright and happy
Melancholy to reflect their sadness
3
What happens to RHYTHMS in typical Blues Music?
The are played 'straight' (i.e. ti-ti / ti-ti)
They are played 'swung' (i.e. tim-ka / tim-ka)
They play on the first beat of the bar only
They sing on the beat only
4
What is a spiritual?
A type of dream
An instrument used in Blues Music
A song sung by slaves to pick up their spirits, often with biblical stories
Music played during meditation
5
What musical feature did a lot of work songs use?
Unison
Imitation
Speaking
Call and Response
6
What is the order of the CHORDS in the 12-bar blues?
4 5 4 5 1 5 1 5 4 5 4 5 1 5 5 1
1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4
1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 4 1 5
1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1
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What happens to some MELODY notes in typical Blues Music?
They stay the same as other music
They are flattened to make them lower
They are sharpened to make them higher
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Adding a flat to a music note makes it lower by a step
True
False
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Some MELODY notes in Blues Music use SHARPS
True
False
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This is an example of a work song. What was a "work song"?
Songs the slaves were asked to compose
Songs the slaves sang to help them get through the long and hard days
