Birth of the Blues
The Blues started as?
The Blues Started as Work Songs
The East Coast Blues are influenced by?
Ragtime
Texas Blues used what king of strum pattern?
Long-Short Patterns
Solo singers
Blues musicians brought what with them from the south?
Their music
The Name Blues came from?
The use of blue notes
The guitar Accompaniments of East Coast Blues are?
Intricate and involve heavy finger picking
Singers used what kinds of vocal lines?
High pitched clear vocal lines
What kind of guitar move do people often use when using a guitar and singing Delta Blues style songs?
The slide
What did the Chicago blues use that we still use today?
Microphones and electric guitars
The originated from what part of the United States?
The Southern United States
East Coast Blues heavily use?
Harmonicas
Texas Blues started when workers did what?
Started moving to the urban centers of Texas
Who is considered the father of the Delta Blues?
Charlie Patton
What was there an increase of in Chicago blues?
the use of piano and drums
Blues notes are?
Notes that are set lower on the scale than expected
Blues singing exhibits?
clear enunciations and melodic voice lines
Texas Blues leans less-heavily on?
Topics like heartbreak
Where did a lot of Delta Blues musicians go to to record albums?
Memphis Tennessee
What developed in Chicago?
A more electric form of the blues
The Blues began around?
(1880 - 1920)
East Coast Blues are sometimes called?
"Piedmont Blues"
The Texas Blues started at what time?
Where did Delta Blues Develop Primarily?
"Dockery Farms"
About how many African Americans left the south to go city's like Chicago in the north?
6 million