Birth of the Blues
What are the lyrics usually centered on?
Heartbreaks or hard times
What instrument was heavily used?
Harmonica
What do the lyrics lean less heavily on?
Heart break and hard times
How did they sing?
By using speech-like vocal patterns
What other equipment did they use more?
microphones and electric guitars
Where did the blues originate from?
In the southern United States
What accompaniments does this Blues involve?
Fingerpicking
What characteristics does the rhythm have?
A relaxed, swinging feel
What kind of patterns did the Delta Blues use?
Rhythmic guitar patterns
What instruments were used more often?
Drums and piano
What were the Blues born out of?
work songs and field hollers of black agricultural workers, miners , and loggers.
What are the characteristics of the singing?
It has clear enunciations and melodic vocal lines
How did it develope?
when rural workers began moving to the urban centers of Texas.
Where did the Delta Blues developed?
Dockery Farms
Where did several Delta Blues musicians travel to?
Memphis,Tennessee
Around what time did the blues originate?
around the turn of the 20th century (1880s-1920s)
What is the other name that people would call these blues?
Piedmont blues
What do the strum patterns use?
long-short rhythm
Who was considered the father of the Delta Blues?
Charlie Patton
Where did most Delta Blues singers move?
North
Where did the name " Blues " come from?
It came from the use of the " blue notes "
What are two notable East Coast Blues singers.
- Willie Walker
- Rev. " blind " Gary Davis
- " blind boy " Fuller
- Bobby " blue " Band
What are some notable Texas Blues singers?
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Black Boy shine
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Big mama Thornton
- T-Bone Walker
How many people would most often sing this?
One solo singer
How many African Americans moved to the North including Chicago?
6 million