What form of music originated in the Mississippi Delta?
Blues Music

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Social Studies
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11th Grade
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Hard
John Robinson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Soul
Blues
Jazz
Ragtime
2.
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1 min • 1 pt
This style of music was originally performed by African-American musicians and composers.
Blues
Jazz
Both
3.
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1 min • 1 pt
This genre derived from African-American roots in the late 1800s Deep South, it is a genre famous for repetitive rhythm, chants and melancholy narrative lyrics
Swing
Country
Blues
Folk
Ragtime
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Known as the King of Blues
Woodie Guthrie
Scott Joplin
B.B. King
Willie Nelson
Hank Williams Sr
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The beginning of rock 'n roll can be traced back to when white teenagers began to find out about
rhythm and blues
rock and roll
jazz
country and western
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is a characteristic feature of Blues music?
Syncopated rhythms
12-bar chord progressions
Fast tempo
Electronic beats
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Blues music often expresses themes of:
Joy and celebration
Love and romance
Sorrow and hardship
Adventure and exploration
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