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WorksheetsBlues Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which instrument would you NOT normally hear in Blues music?
Harmonica
Guitar
Piano
Violin
True or False: The lyrics in a Blues song typically tells a story.
True
False
Which statement if FALSE?
Blues had an influence of Jazz, Bluegrass, and Country.
Blues often includes call and response or chanting.
Blues are usually filled with melancholy lyrics.
Blues was influenced by R&B.
What is a walking bass line?
A repetitive melody played on a bass instrument created using the notes of a chord on each beat of the bar.
A melody made up on the spot based on the notes of the blues scale?
A group of notes played at the same time?
What instrument would you hear playing a walking bass line?
Saxophone
Violin
Double Bass
Bass Drum
What musical technique can you hear?
Call and response
Verse and chorus
Blues scale
swing rhythm.
What is the name of the popular musical structure used in Blues music?
Walking bass Line
Improvisation
12 Bar Blues
Chords.
What is improvisation?
A bass line?
A melody you improvise using the Blues scale?
A chord pattern?
A melody written on paper?
What three chords are in the 12 bar blues?
I, III, VII
I, II, III
I, IV, V
V, VI, VII
What notes are used for improvisation?
G, F# and E
The Blues Scale
Black Notes
A Major Scale
The blues helped in the development of popular music styles such as jazz, swing, early Rock and Roll and which style?
Rhythm and Blues
Opera
Concerto
Baroque
The 12 Bar Blues has how many different chords?
3
1
4
5
the Blues scale formula is..
1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 1
1 b3 4 5 b5 b7 1
1 b3 b4 5 b7 1
1 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 1
What is the name of the 3 chords that make up Blues harmony
Primary chords
Main Chords
Major chords
Blues Chords
The structure for lyrics is
AAB
ABA
ABB
ABAB
Rhythms are often
dotted
syncopated
straight
swung
The chord in bar 9 is
I
IV
V
VI
If your Blues piece was in G, what would be the chord in bar 5
B major
C major
D major
G major
If my Blues piece was in D major - what would be the chord in bar 11
F major
A major
D major
G major
If your Blues piece was in F major what would be the chord in bar 5?
B major
Bb Major
C major
Ab major
