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Blues music was created due to experiences of_______.

• hardships/sadness
• happy/glad times
• excitement
• surprises

How did blues music start up back in the early 1800's?

• Office workers singing to each other

• Farmers singing to each other

• Slaves on plantation fields singing to each other

• Children singing to each other

The slaves who influenced early Blues music brought their work songs from________.

• West Africa
• China
• Russia
• Spain

How many bars are in a simple Blues song?

• 12

• 15

• 4

• 3

What 3 chords are needed to play a blues in C?

• C F and G

• C D and E

• C E and G

• C G and A

What does the term 'improvisation'mean?

• playing a pre-composed melody

• making up a melody as you go along

• changing the chord sequence

• adding extra notes to a melody

In the 12 Bar Blues chord sequence, the pattern of chords when we start on C are:

C C C C

F F C C

Then...?

• C F C C

• E F C C

• G F C C

• G F G C

Chords are:

• Rows of notes going up and down

• A repeating idea in a blues, pop or rock song

• Groups of 2 or more notes played together

To build a chord on the root note F, I use the pattern:

• Play 1, miss 1, play 1, miss 1, play 1

• Play 2. skip 1, play 1

• Play 1, miss 2, play 1, miss 2, play 1

Early Blues most distinctive element is its style of Call and________.

• Response
• songs
• people
• Repeats