Origins of Blues
This region is where Blues music began.
What is the Southern USA?
These two brass instruments are often heard in later Blues music.
What are trumpet and trombone?
The common form associated with Blues music.
What is the 12-Bar Blues?
The emotion most commonly found in Blues music.
What is "sad"?
The continent where the roots of Blues music came from.
What is Africa?
This string instrument is a staple of Blues music.
What is guitar?
The typical structure of Blues lyrics is often described as this.
What is AAB?
What are the hardships and injustices of slavery?
The reason why many Africans ended up in the USA during the formation of Blues.
What is slavery?
This singer was the original singer of "Hound Dog".
Who was Willie-May "Big Mama" Thornton?
These three triads are used in the 12-Bar Blues progression.
What are 1, 4, and 5?
The growing popularity of Blues music in the mid-1900's led to this change in the music.
What is that the music became less sad, and more upbeat?
The Blues genre began in this decade.
What is the 1860's?
The Blues eventually led to the development of these two music genres.
What are Jazz and Rock & Roll?
This element of Blues and Jazz music is when the musicians create music "on the spot", spontaneously composing while performing.
What is "improvisation"?
Early Blues music often addressed these kinds of personal issues.
What is trouble with love or loss?
This continent gave Blues its harmonies and instruments.
What is Europe?
These are two elements of Blues music that come from African musical traditions.
What are singing style and complex rhythms?
This pattern of chords is common to virtually all 12-Bar-Blues music.
What is:
1 1 1 1
4 4 1 1
5 4 1 1 ?
This describes how the 3 lines of lyrics in each verse end.
What is "lines A and B rhyme"?