Birth of blues
Where did blues come from?
The Southern United States
How did Texas Blues come to?
Rural workers began to move to urban areas in Texas
Where did Delta Blues come from?
Dockery Farms
What instrument is heavily used in East Cost Blues?
Harmonica
How did Chicago blues come to be?
Southern blues artists took their music to the north with them
What did the name Blues come from?
Blue Notes
How were the singers voices?
High pitched
What did Delta Blues use on gutairs?
A slide
What is East Cost Blues influenced by?
It is influenced by ragtime
What was there an increase of in blues?
Piano and drums
What were the songs based off of?
Heartbreak or hard times.
Name one place where the rural workers moved to.
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Galveston
Who was the father of Delta Blues?
Charlie Patton
What is East Cost Blues also called?
Piedmont Blues
What was different about Chicago blues?
It had an electric gutair
How many states did the blues come from?
It came from three
How were the rhythms in Texas Blues?
They were lively and had a relaxed feel
How many singers does Delta Blues usually have?
How are the guitar movements in East Cost Blues?
Complicated
What was one of the cities African American people moved to?
Chicago
Are blue Notes in minor intervals or major intervals?
They are in minor intervals
What were the strum lines?
They were in a long-short rhythm
How did Patton create Delta Blues?
He heard it from another resident of the farm and influenced others.
What are two characteristics of East Cost Blues?
Melodic vocal lines
Clear enunciations
Why did Chicago blues use microphones and electric gutairs?
So they could be heard over the loud noise of clubs