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WorksheetsBlues Music
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
Which instrument would you NOT normally hear in Blues music?
Harmonica
Guitar
Piano
Violin
How many bars are in a simple Blues song?
12
15
4
3
Which chords are used to create the 12 bar blues pattern
I-IV-V
I-IV-III
I-II-III
I-IV-VI
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
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
What musical technique can you hear?
Call and response
Verse and chorus
Blues scale
swing rhythm.
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
Which of the following terms refers to unevenly dividing the beat, long then short?
syncopation
cross rhythm
swing rhythm
slide rhythm
Which of the following terms refers to altering the pitch of the note while it is being played?
Note bend
vibrato
glissando
plucking
Which is the correct definition of the word 'syncopation'?
Accenting the first beat of every bar
Accenting every beat of the bar
Accenting off-beat notes or notes in between beats
Playing irregular accents
