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Blues Music

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Blues music was created due to experiences of_______.
a)
hardships/sadness
b)
happy/glad times
c)
excitement
d)
surprises
2.

Where did the Blues originate from?

a)

America

b)

Africa

c)

England

d)

Canada

3.

What is the missing word: African slaves were brought to ? to work on the plantations.

a)

China

b)

America

c)

Egypt

d)

Africa

4.

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

a)

Office workers singing to each other

b)

Farmers singing to each other

c)

Slaves on plantation fields singing to each other

d)

Children singing to each other

5.

Which musician's life was cut short in 1938, at the age of 27, under mysterious circumstances?

a)

Tommy Johnson

b)

Robert Johnson

c)

Alberta Hunter

d)

Mary Johnson

6.

What is a popular musical form used in Blues music?

a)

ABC

b)

BBC

c)

AAB

d)

ABB

7.

Who was the first most prominent female singer of the blues?

a)

Brenda Halloway

b)

Mamie Smith

c)

Susan Tedeschi

d)

Koko Taylor

8.

Which one of these people was a famous Blues singer?

a)

Miles Davis

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Shirley Bassey

9.

Which lines of a Blues music verse are normally the same?

a)

2nd and 3rd

b)

1st and 3rd

c)

1st and 2nd

d)

None

10.

Who is this famous Blues legend?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Stevie Wonder

d)

B.B. King

11.

Which musician influenced many blues and rock musicians, including Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones, who are believed to have named their band after his song, “Rollin’ Stone”?

a)

B. B. King

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Robert Johnson

d)

Muddy Waters

12.

What other style is closely related to Blues?

a)

Jazz

b)

Opera

c)

Punk

d)

Country

13.

What city did Blues musicians migrate to?

a)

Cleveland

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Boston

d)

Chicago

14.

Blues features what instruments?

a)

Guitar

b)

Piano

c)

Harmonica

d)

All of the above

15.

Blues music was originally called:

a)

Country blues or delta blues

b)

Raggedy Tunes

c)

Jazz

d)

R&B

16.
Who is this?
a)
Kodak Black
b)
Muddy Waters
c)
Howlin Wolf
d)
Lucci
17.

Which blues artist became the first African American artist to make a vocal blues recording?

a)

Mamie Smith

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

B. B. King

d)

Ma Rainey

18.

Who is considered the "Mother of the Blues"?

a)

Bessie Smith

b)

Aretha Franklin

c)

Ma Rainey

d)

Koko Taylor

19.

What role does the singer usually play in blues music?

a)

Narrator

b)

Melody

c)

Director

d)

Harmony

20.

What role do the instruments usually play in blues music?

a)

Harmony

b)

Narrator

c)

Melody

d)

Director

21.

Can you name another blues artist that we didn't discuss?

4 lines
22.

Rock and Roll originated from the Blues

a)

True

b)

False

23.

One of the oldest genres is

a)

Rap

b)

Rock and Roll

c)

Jazz

d)

Classical

24.
The term dynamics refers to ___________
a)
the speed of the music
b)
the volume of the music
c)
the beat of the music
d)
the melody of the music
25.
The term tempo refers to _______________.
a)
the volume of the music
b)
the form of the music
c)
the speed of the music
d)
the melody of the music
26.

Classical music is the oldest genre of music

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Which of these is a key feature in Classical music?

a)

Improvisation

b)

The Orchestra

c)

Electric Guitar

28.

What is another word for "sad"?

a)

Happy

b)

Blue

c)

Anxious

d)

Crazy

29.

Which artist is a famous blues singer and guitar player?

a)

Taylor Swift

b)

The Wright Brothers

c)

BB King

d)

Dr. Dre

30.

TRUMPET

a)
b)
c)
31.

GUITAR

a)
b)
c)
32.

PIANO

a)
b)
c)
33.

DRUM

a)
b)
c)
34.

Which one is banjo?

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

Harp

a)
b)
c)
36.

Cello

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

Maracas

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.

Tambourine

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

Accordion

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.

what is this instrument ?

a)

trombone

b)

flute

c)

saxophone

d)

trumpet

41.

what is this instrument ?

a)

viola

b)

cymbol

c)

brass

d)

bells

42.

What is this ?

a)

Recorder

b)

Flute

c)

Trumpet

43.

Which instruments make sounds when you blow air through them?

a)

string instruments

b)

wind instruments

c)

percussion instruments

44.

Which instruments make different sounds when you hit them or shake them?

a)

wind instruments

b)

percussion instruments

c)

string instruments

45.

Which instruments make sounds when you pluck the strings?

a)

wind instruments

b)

percussion instruments

c)

string instruments

46.

Violin is played with a .....

a)

stick

b)

bow

c)

hammer

d)

key

47.

Which group of instruments represent the string family

a)

Viola, Violin, Cello, Double Bass

b)

Violin, French Horn, Trumpet, Box Bass

c)

Steelpan, Maracas, Cowbell, Sitar

d)

Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, French Horn

48.

Which represents a group of percussion instruments?

a)

Sitar, Harmonium, keyboard, glockenspiel

b)

Keyboard, piano, guitar, steelpan

c)

Drum, Triangle, Marimba, Timpani

d)

Tuba, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone

49.

Which group of instruments represent the woodwind family?

a)

Viola, Violin, Cello, Double Bass

b)

Violin, French Horn, Trumpet, Box Bass

c)

Steelpan, Maracas, Cowbell, Sitar

d)

Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Oboe

50.

What instrument does Ms. Pottebaum play?

a)

Clarinet

b)

Flute

c)

Trumpet

d)

Percussion

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