The History Of Blues
The Banjo
Jazz Artists
Blues Music
Misc.
100
This was the color of skin that made blues.
What is Black?
100
Blues artists used this instrument in their songs.
What is a Banjo?
100
This artist has the last name Armstrong.
Who is Lois Armstrong?
100
This is the number of measures in an avarage blues song.
What is 12?
100
This team won the super bowl in 2011.
Who are the New York Giants?
200
This is the country that pioneered blues.
Where is Africa?
200
The standard banjo has this many strings.
How many is six strings?
200
Most blues artists are from this country.
What is Africa?
200
This type of song was sang by people working in cotton fields.
What is a work song?
200
This team won the Stanley Cup in 2011.
Who are the Boston Bruins?
300
These types of calls were in blues music.
What are call-and-response shouts?
300
This is the most common banjo for blues.
What is a guitar-banjo?
300
This female blues musician had very short hair.
Who is Bessie Smith?
300
Blues music was usually played at this speed.
What is allegro?
300
This Knicks small forward was drafted to the Denver Nuggets in the second round.
Who is Carmelo Anthony?
400
These are the places where black people went to play and listen to blues.
What is a juke joint?
400
You do this to play a banjo.
How do you pluck a banjo?
400
This is where most blues work songs took place.
What are cotton fields?
400
Blues music was played in this time signature.
What is 4/4
400
This professional lacrosse team plays in Denver.
Who are the Denver Bandits?
500
This was one the first blues music sheet song.
What was "Dallas Blues"?
500
This artist joked that you couldnt play a sad song on a banjo.
Who is Steve Martin?
500
This artist wrote the first recorded blues song.
Who is Mannie Smith?
500
The term "the blues" means this.
What are blue devils?
500
This NBA player has the record for single game scoring.
Who is Wilt Chamberland?