Birth of the blues
the blues developed in ___ different places
when they played the guitar they use heavy
Finger picking
Lyrics lean less heavily on
heartbreak and hard-times.
Developed primarily at
Dockery Farms
there was an increased use of
piano and guitars
Where did the blues originate from?
The Southern United states
What do they influenced by:
Ragtime
The rhythm has more of a
relaxing and Cooling feeling
normally sung solo true or false?
True
In Chicago, a more ______ form of Blues was developed
Electric
when where the blues first created?
Around the turn of the 20th century (1880s - 1920s)
What instrument is heavy in this place of blues
harmonica
what strumming pattern do they use
a long-short pattern
what kinds of guitar patterned did they use
rhythmic or slide
how did there music spread up north
when they moved up north they spread there music
what topic were blues lyrics often centered around?
sorrowful,melancholy,heartbreak, or hard times.
what was the nickname for the East coast Blues
Piedmont Blues
singers use ___________ vocal lines
high-pitched, clear vocal
name 2 characteristics
Rhythmic guitar patterns, often using a slide, Most often sung by a solo singer using speech-like vocal patterns
Between 1920 and 1970, over ________ African Americans left the South to move to the more industrial cities
6 million
What kind of song influenced the blues
work songs and field hollers
Singing exhibits clear
enunciation and melodic vocal lines
Developed as _______ workers began moving to the _____ centers of Texas
rural,urban
who is considered the father of the Delta blues
Charlie Patton
over 6 million African Americans left the South to move to the more ______ cities of the north
industrial