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100

Father of the Blues

Who is W.C. Handy?

100

Home town of W.C. Handy's band.

What is Memphis?

100

A pitch slightly above or below the standard notes in a scale

What is a blue note?

100

Short series of notes, like words, used to build a solo.

What is a lick?

100

The "Father of the Blues" had these

What is "St. Louis Blues?"

100

This culture in this time period created the style known as "the blues."

African Americans in the early 1900's

200

Empress of the Blues

Who is Bessie Smith?

200

The Empress's city of birth.

What is Chattanooga?

200

"Standard" number of bars with a blues chord progression

What is a 12-Bar blues?

200

Pushing on the string for a slightly higher pitch

What is bending?

200

"Gee, but it's hard to love someone, When that someone don't love you, I'm so disgusted, heartbroken tooI've got those..."

What is "Down Hearted Blues?"

200
This man was known as the "Father of Texas Blues."

Blind Lemon Jefferson

300

King of the Blues

Who is B.B. King?

300

Memphis street with blues clubs and history.

What is Beale Street?

300

A scale with five notes

What is a pentatonic scale?

300

DAILY DOUBLE: Two notes played together on adjacent strings

What is a double-stop?

300

Instrumental blues guitar track named after rumors and gossip

What is "Scuttle Buttin'?"

300

These were early recordings of African American music, primarily jazz and blues, marketed to African American audiences.

Race Records

400

For a time, wanted to be known as "Sting Ray."

Who is Stevie Ray Vaughan?

400

The King's birth state.

What is Mississippi?

400

A statement, followed with a vocal or instrumental reply

What is call and response?

400

Fast variation in pitch on a single note

What is vibrato?

400

The King sang about this leaving because his baby did him wrong

What is "The Thrill is Gone?"
400

One of the "fathers" of the Delta Blues, famous for his early blues recordings.

Robert Johnson
500

Gibson guitar played by the King.

What is Lucille?

500

SRV sang about a flood there.

What is Texas?

500

Basic form of blues lyrics

What is AAB?

500

Steel tube/bar, glass bottle neck, Coricidin bottle

What is a slide?

500

SRV said all the telephone lines were down because of this.

What is "Texas Flood?"

500

Spontaneous music making.

Improvisation