Blues!

What is a common style of the blues?

• call-and-response songs

• echo songs

• verse and chorus

What is the abbreviation for rhythm and blues?

• Rock n Roll

• R & B

• Blues

WHich of the following groups of instruments were used in R & B music?

• drums, flutes, clarinets, saxophones

• drums, guitar, vocals, saxophones, keyboards

• pianos, trumpets, trombones

Became blues music center in the 1930's and 1940's when thousands of people headed north from Mississippi

• St. Louis

• New Orleans

• Alabama

• Chicago

Style of blues that developed from the Delta region of the Mississippi. The earliest style of blues, usually performed solo with an acoustic guitar

• Delta Blues

• Chicago Blues

• Jump Blues

• Shuffle Blues

Using a bottle neck, pen knife, or some object that slides over the strings of the guitar, producing a wailing or crying sound like the voice of the person playing it

• Blues

• Shuffle Blues

• Slide Guitar

Famous blues guitarist and singer who developed the finger vibrato style of playing guitar. He named his guitar Lucille.

• Robert Johnson

• BB King

• Muddy Waters

Which type of music did NOT influence the Blues?

• Folk Music

• Spirituals

• Rock

• Gospel

What was B.B. King's nickname?

• King of the Blues

• Emperor of the Blues

• President of the Blues

• Father of the Blues

What culture heavily influenced blues music?

• European

• Asian

• African

• Australian