Spirituals
Blues
More Blues & some R & B

R & B
More R & B
100

This is the millennium during which African-American Spirituals were sung

What is the 1800's?

100

Location of the blues

What is the American south?

100

This is how R.J. became such a good guitar player

What is he sold his soul to the Devil?

100

Three similarities between the Blues and R & B

What are: both use AAB for lyrics, both use I-IV-V for music, both created by African-Americans ?

100

This note equals one beat in music

What is a quarter note?

200

This is the difference between a Spiritual and a work song

What is a work song is for work and a spiritual is for church?

200

This demographic (race) created the Blues

What is African-Americans?

200

The age that RJ disappeared

What is 27?

200

These are three differences between the blues and R & B

What are: Blues lyrics are sad, R & B lyrics are more positive, Blues music is slow, R & B is faster, Blues was created in the South, R & B in the North

200

This rest equals one beat in music

What is a quarter rest?

300

This is why slaves sang song

What is to ease the pain and boredom of their existence?

300

This is why people sang the Blues

What is to make themselves feel better?

300

Abbreviation for Rhythm and Blues

What is R & B ?

300

This man wrote "Got My Mojo Working"

Who was Muddy Waters?

300

This note equals two beats in music

What is a half note?

400

This genre of music followed Spirituals

What is the blues?

400

These letters are used when analyzing Blues lyrics

What are A A B ?

400

Approximate decade that Rhythm and Blues began

What is the 1940's?

400

This man wrote "Caledonia"

Who was Louis Jordan?

400

This rest equals two beats in music

What is a half rest?

500

This year was the approximate beginning of the blues

What is 1900?

500

These Roman-Numerals are used to label the chords used in a typical Blues song

What are I IV and V?

500

This part of the United States is where R & B was created

What is the North?

500

This genre of music followed R & B

What is Rock and Roll?

500

This note equals four beats in music

What is a whole note?

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