I Got the Blues (Misc.)
Common mood or emotion expressed in a blues song
What is sadness?
Subject matter of Backwater Blues.
What is a storm or flood?
Number of measures or bars in a blues song
What is 12?
Empress of the Blues
Who is Bessie Smith?
Region of the U.S. where blues music began.
What is the South?
Blues song by Huddie Leadbetter.
What is Good Mornin’ Blues?
Number of chords in a typical blue song.
What is 3?
Blues singer nicknamed “Leadbelly”
Who is Huddie Leadbetter?
Form of a blues song.
What is A A B?
Primary instrument that accompanied Backwater blues.
What is piano?
What is a slow tempo?
Writer and singer of Backwater Blues.
Who is Bessie Smith?
Origins (Songs) of the blues.
What are spirituals and work songs?
Primary instrument played by Huddie Leadbetter.
What is guitar?
Common time signature of a blues song.
What is 4/4 time?
Singer who turned the 12-bar blues song, Hound Dog, into a rock and roll song.
Pitches that have been lowered or bent.
What is a blue note?
Instrument also called a mouth organ.
What is a harmonica?
Chords of a blues song
Original singer of the blues song, Hound Dog.
Who is Big Mamma Thorton?