Blues Music

Blues Music

11th Grade

15 Qs

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Blues Music

Blues Music

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

John Robinson

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What form of music originated in the Mississippi Delta?

Soul

Blues

Jazz

Ragtime

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This style of music was originally performed by African-American musicians and composers.

Blues

Jazz

Both

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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

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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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