The Blues - Mother of All Modern Music

In what part of the USA did the blues begin?

• Eastern Seaboard

• Mississippi Delta

• Great Plains

• West Coast

What are some characteristics of blues music? (check all that apply)

• Soulful lyrics about life's hardships

• Improvisation

• Gritty guitar solos and wailing harmonicas

• Cheerful, bubbly singing about rainbows and stickers

The blues developed out of what kind of music?

• European Dance Music and Folk Songs

• Classical Opera and Symphonic Music

• African-American Spirituals & Work Songs

• Disco

Early blues music was often performed where?

• Stadiums

• Church

• Concert Halls

• Juke Joints

The period when millions of African-Americans left the Southern U.S. to live elsewhere is called the...

• Great Migration

• Civil War

• Great Road Trip

• Great Genocide

The Chicago Blues style is characterized by what?

• Electric guitar and often bass, piano and drums

• No instruments, just singers

• Calm and relaxing chants

• K-pop singers

The blues scale is created by adding a 6th note to what kind of scale?

• Major

• Minor

• Chromatic

• Pentatonic

The 12-Bar Blues uses what three main chords?

• The One, Four, and Five Chords

• The One, Two, and Three Chords

• The Nine, Ten and Eleven Chords

• The Three, Six and Seven Chords

Blues songs are usually written using what lyrical structure?

• A B C

• A B B

• A A B

• C A B

Blues lyrics...

• are always sad.

• come from real life experiences.

• come from fantasy stories.

• are always religious.