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1

Blues notes/areas correspond to which two notes in the western diatonic scale?
A)3 and 7
B)3 and 4
C)2 and 4
2

Who was called “The Father of Blues?”
A)Big Bill Broonzy
B)W. C. Handy
C)Huddie Ledbetter
D)Blind Lemon Jefferson
3

Who was called “The Empress of Blues?”
A)Ma Rainy
B)Billy Holiday
C)Bessie Smith
D)Chippie Hill
4

Which American author has been credited with first using the term, “the blues”?
A)John Steinbeck
B)Mark Twain
C)Washington Irving
5

Blues text usually follows which of the following formats?
A)aba
B)aab
C)abb
6

The meter of the blues lyrics is
A)iambic tetrameter
B)iambic pentameter
C)tetrameter
7

Billie Holiday’s singing style was influenced by her favorite instrumentalist:
A)Coleman Hawkins
B)Louis Armstrong
C)Lester Young, whom she named “The Prez”.
8

The blues may be heard mainly in the music of
A)New Orleans Dixieland
B)the Swing Era
C)the Be-bop years
D)All of the above
9

The blues singer whose strong record sales saved Columbia Records from bankruptcy was
A)Ma Rainey
B)Ethel Waters
C)Bessie Smith
10

Which blues singer is best remembered for her recording of “Stormy Weather”?
A)Billie Holiday
B)Ethel Waters
C)Bessie Smith
11

Bessie Smith was often accompanied by which of the great jazzmen of the day?
A)Benny Goodman
B)Louis Armstrong
C)Jack Teagarden
D)All of the above
12

The famous blues singer and composer, Hubbard Leadbetter, was discovered and recorded by
A)John Hammond
B)John and Alan Lomax
C)Bessie Smith
D)Louis Armstrong
13

The “fill-ins” at the end of each line of text in the blues evolved into
A)stop choruses
B)breaks
C)riffs
D)the stride style
14

West African music used the
A)diatonic scale
B)pentatonic scale
C)chromatic scale
D)dorian mode
15

Most recordings of blues singers were aimed at the African American community in the south and were called
A)“southern specials”
B)“blues flyers”
C)“race records”
D)“dixie disks”





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