List three instruments commonly found in blues music.
What is the guitar, piano, harmonica, double bass, drums, saxophone, vocals, and trumpet.
100
What is B.B. King's birth name?
What is Riley King. B.B. stands for Blues Boy.
100
What state is W.C. Handy from:
Louisiana, Alabama, or Florida?
What is Alabama.
100
In what part of the United States did the blues originate?
What is the "Deep South".
100
The name "blues" refers to "the blue _____" because the music itself was originally very melancholic and sad.
What is devils.
200
Blues have many verses, each consisting of __ lines.
What is 3.
200
What was B.B. King's beloved guitar's name?
What is Lucille.
200
W.C. Handy was considered to be the "_____ of the blues".
What is father.
200
The texts and style of the blues started out in spirituals and work songs of enslaved _________________.
What is African Americans.
200
True or false? W.C. Handy founded his very own instrument manufacturing company.
What is false. Handy founded his very own music publishing company.
300
What is the usual tempo and dynamics of blues music?
What is slow and soft.
300
Name two of B.B. King's famous songs.
What is Everyday I have the Blues, Three o’clock Blues, and The Thrill is Gone.
300
What cities are W.C. Handy's two famous songs named after?
What is Memphis and St. Louis.
300
Which river contributed in the spreading of the blues music and style in the late 19th century: the Mississippi, Susquehanna, or Missouri River?
What is the Mississippi River.
300
Blues music had great influence on several other genres of music. Give an example of one of them.
What is jazz, rock 'n' roll, and bluegrass.
400
What is the name of the most common pattern used in blues music?
What is the 12 bar blues.
400
True or false? B.B. King was born on September 16, 1925 and is still alive today.
What is true. He is currently 85 years old.
400
True of false? W.C. Handy's family approved of him becoming a performer and provided him with much support.
What is false. Both Handy's family and church disapproved of him becoming a performer.
400
Which of these people was not a famous blues artist: B.B. King, Willie Dixon, or Louis Armstrong?
What is Louis Armstrong.
400
Give two examples describing the kind of stories blues lyrics usually tell.
What is frustration, sadness, heartbreak, painful experiences, and basic concerns in the lives of the poor.
500
Singers typically "bend" or flatten certain notes of the scale as they sing. These notes are called ____________. (2 words)
What is blue notes.
500
Which of the following is one of B.B. King's professions: a singer, songwriter, or music teacher?
What is a music teacher.
500
Which of the following was one of W.C. Handy's professions: a church minister, author, or painter?
What is an author.
500
Which of the following cities was generally unaffected by the blues music style when it first moved up to the northern part of the US: Helena (MT), Chicago (IL), or Detroit (MI)?
What is Helena (MT).
500
Blues songs have many verses, each featuring their own lines. The first line states the _______. The second line _____ the first line, word for word. Finally, the third line is a ______ line that resolves the situation.