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Blues
Songs
People
Race Records/ Classic Blues
Hillbilly Music
100
This line doesn't matter
What is 3rd Line?
100
W.C. Handy's very 1st Hit
What is Memphis Blues?
100
Father of the Blues
Who is W.C. Handy?
100
This is the major form of dissemination of Race records
What are records?
100
Hillbilly music is commonly viewed as the predecessor of this genre today.
What is Country/ Country Western music?
200
The blues form is comprised of this many measures/ bars
What is 12?
200
"Woody" Guthrie sings this song
What is Tom Rushen Blues, Waiting for the Train, Blue Yodel No. 2, This Land is Your Land
200
Sang St. Louis Blues
Who is Bessie Smith?
200
The _______ Blues are the biggest export of Race Records.
What is Classic?
200
The primary form of dissemination of Hillbilly music is the _______.
What is the radio?
300
This is the function of the 1st line
What is "to state the subject matter"?
300
We listened to two songs Jimmie Rodgers yodels in. Name one
What is Blue Yodel No. 2, Waiting for the Train?
300
Mother of the Blues
Who is Gertrude "Ma" Rainey?
300
Targeting Race in this way was seen as a ________ thing.
What is good/acceptable?
300
Name two recording groups that exemplify the style of hillbilly music.
Who are the Carter family and Jimmie Rodgers?
400
This Line has got to Rhyme
What is the 4th line?
400
Charlie Patton wrote this song
What is Tom Rushen Blues?
400
Earliest pioneer of the Mississippi Delta blues style. Writes using themes of Love, Passion, Sexual desire, work and loneliness
Who is Charlie Patton?
400
This person plays Trumpet on the Bessie Smith recording of St. Louis Blues
Who is Louis Armstrong?
400
Jimmie Rodgers uses this technique in "Waiting for the Train". It can be described as a "high, lonesome sound"
What is yodeling?
500
This type of blues is sung by professionals
What is Classic Blues?
500
This Classic Blues tune has the for AABC and exemplifies a standard blues form
What is the St. Louis Blues?
500
Celebrated the allure of the open road. Personifies the myth of the outcast.
Who is Jimmie Rodgers?
500
Name three people associated with the Classic Blues.
Who are W.C. Handy, Bessie Smith, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey?
500
The Carter family Repertoire consists of: Old songs from folk music tradition, Old hymns, and Tin Pan Alley hits. Define Repertoire.
What is the collection of music a performing group is ready to play?