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12 Bar Blues became the most popular forms in which genre?
Early Jazz
Hip Hop
Early country
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Where did the blues originate?
New Orleans
Chicago
· Mississippi Delta
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These artists created a Blues song with a twist, but kept which Blues elements? (Hint: there are 3)!
12 Bar Blues progression
Harmonica
Piano
Pentatonic Blues scales
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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 happy memories
·Wailing harmonicas
·Lyrics about hardships
·Gritty guitar solos
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1Chicago Blues later influenced which genre? ·Gospel ·Rock and Roll · Country Western
rock and roll
Gospel
Country and Western
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The 12 Bar Blues progression was also popular in which other genre?
Rock and Roll
Funk
Country and Western
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When was the blues style born?
Early 1900's
Late 1900's
Late 1800's
Late 1900's
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1. What is an important technique in the Blues?
Improvisation
Call and response
Unison
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1. What three chords make up the 12 Bar Blues progression?
4;5;6
1;3;8
1;4;5
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1Country music is a mix of Blues and: ·
Jazz Music
Folk Music
Rock and Roll
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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 spread Blues music around the country
· African Americans wanted to travel to new places
12
The AAB form of the lyrics is inspired by what technique used in spirituals and work songs?
Unison
Improvisation
Call and response
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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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What styles were the roots of the blues? Select all that apply (Hint: there are 2)!
Soul
Work Songs
Spirituals
Game songs
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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 made Chicago Blues different?
Piano
Bass Guitar
Harmonica
Electric Guitar
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1. What is the effect of bottleneck slide guitar technique?
Brassy, harsh timbre
Scooping, wailing timbre
Smooth, clear timbre
18
1. What were Blues music venues called?
Blues Bars
House of Blues
Juke Joints
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1. What made the earliest style of Delta Blues unique? ·
Group harmonica or guitar ·
Solo harmonica or guitar
Solo piano or guitar
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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?
5
6
8
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Blues music also influenced which famous British rock band?
The Beatles
AC/DC
Elvis Presley
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What is the similarity between Blues and Classical music?
The way melody is unrelated to the chords
The way melody is formed over chord progressions
The way chords are wild and unpredictable
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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
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Koko Taylor
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What makes the Blues unique as a genre?
·It is entirely unique and has no connection to other genres
· It is intertwined with older genres, but not modern ones
It is intertwined with other genres and heavily influenced modern music
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What is added to the pentatonic scales to make the sound "Blue"?
A sharp note
A flat note
A natural note
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1. Blues lyrics told stories that were:
exaggerations of everyday life
True about everyday life
Fantasy and folk tales
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What is the lyrical form of the Blues?
ABA
ABC
AAB
