Early History of the Blues
The roots of the Blues started from African American slave songs called what?
Field Hollers
What caused Blues music to change and begin using more instruments, including electric instruments?
Which one of these instruments is most likely to be heard in blues music?
Violin or Harmonica?
Harmonica
Who was the famous slave who escaped to the north and then returned to the south and used coded songs to communicate to other slaves how to escape?
Harriet Tubman
Blues paved the way for many genres, including which one below?
A) Rock and Roll
B) Classical
C) Gregorian Chant
D) Spirituals
A) Rock and Roll
What did African American slaves use as a main form of communication?
Singing
What were the laws called that discriminated against black people and segregated them from white people?
Jim Crow Laws
Which one of these instruments is most likely to be heard in blues music?
Clarinet or electric guitar?
Electric Guitar
Who was the first black artist to record with a major recording studio?
A) Ethel Waters
B) Mamie Smith
C) Ma Rainey
D) Ella Fitzgerald
B) Mamie Smith
What is the name of a record that has only one song on it?
When blues music first started, what kind of places was it played?
Bars, Clubs, or Parties
Why did major recording studios not record black musicians at first?
Which one of these instruments is most likely to be heard in blues music?
Tuba or drums?
Drums
Which of these artists is a Rock & Roll Artist who was inspired by the Blues?
A) Tupac
B) Michael Jackson
C) Frank Sinatra
D) Elvis Presley
D) Elvis Presley
How did the recording industry take advantage of black artists?
Any of these answers are acceptable:
2) Black artists were paid less than their white counterparts.
3) They didn't pay black artists the royalties they deserved.
What was a map song used for among African American slaves?
It mapped what paths to take to escape slavery.
What was music called during the 1920s-1940s that was made by and marketed towards African Americans?
Race Music/Records
Which one of these instruments is most likely to be heard in blues music?
Saxophone or flute?
Saxophone
Which of these musicians was responsible for transforming the blues and giving it an electrified sound?
A) Muddy Waters
B) W.C. Handy
C) Elvis Presley
D) Louis Armstrong
A) Muddy Waters
What did race records do for the history of American music?
What did the song "follow the drinking gourd" mean?
What did the record industry do to help boost their sales?
They began recording singles of black artists
Which one of these instruments is most likely to be heard in blues music?
Piano or oboe?
Piano
Who was the African American orchestra leader who first heard blues, wrote it down, and published it in 1912?
A) Muddy Waters
B) W.C. Handy
C) Elvis Presley
D) Louis Armstrong
B) W.C. Handy
During the 1940s, what term began to replace “race records”?
Rhythm & Blues