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  1. Find an example of the blues in each of the stylistic periods listed in the text.

  2. Sing the root progression of the twelve bar blues using a steady quarter note pattern. Have students alternate improvising a blues melody.

  3. Research “race records”. Were there any other race/ethnic catalogues?

  4. Discuss the work of John and Alan Lomax.

  5. How do contemporary blues artists relate to their predecessors?

  6. Discuss the influence of early blues singers on the Beatles and their British contemporaries.





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