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WorksheetsThe Blues - Mother of All Modern Music
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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.
