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1. The origins of the blues can be traced back to which country?

   1.   ?    Africa
   2.   ?    America
   3.   ?    Argentina
   4.   ?    Australia

2. In the 18th and 19th centuries, slaves used music to and express their sorrow at which of the following?

   1.   ?    The bad weather
   2.   ?    Getting up early
   3.   ?    The hardship in their lives
   4.   ?    Having to go to church on a Sunday

3. How were songs made up by slaves passed on so that other slaves (and later generations) could sing them?

   1.   ?    By post - the letter tradition
   2.   ?    On the Internet - the web tradition
   3.   ?    By ear - the oral tradition
   4.   ?    By writing them down - the written tradition

4. "Singing the Blues" means which of the following?

   1.   ?    Singing a sad story about life
   2.   ?    Singing a sad story about paint
   3.   ?    Screaming until one is blue in the face
   4.   ?    Crying, and letting the tears drop on a letter from home, which make the ink run

5. To which religion were many slaves converted?

   1.   ?    Hinduism
   2.   ?    Judaism
   3.   ?    Christianity
   4.   ?    Buddhism

6. Spirituals were the musical result of blending which two ingredients? [Select both]

   1. African Music
   2. Australian Music
   3. European Sea Shanties
   4. European Hymn tunes
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7. When did the American Civil war end?

   1.   ?    1665
   2.   ?    1765
   3.   ?    1865
   4.   ?    1965

8. Which invention in the 1920s allowed more and more people to hear Jazz and Blues?

   1.   ?    The aeroplane
   2.   ?    The helicopter
   3.   ?    The gramophone
   4.   ?    The telephone

9. Early 'blues' songs used a feature known as Call and __________?

   1.   ?    call again
   2.   ?    response
   3.   ?    then listen
   4.   ?    return

10. Blue notes are usually 'out of tune' by being which of the following?

    1.   ?    A little flat
    2.   ?    A little sharp
    3.   ?    Very flat
    4.   ?    Very sharp

11. Blues notes were sometimes approached by which of the following?

    1.   ?    a step
    2.   ?    a jump
    3.   ?    A glide
    4.   ?    a octave

12. Which were the most usual 'blue' notes in a scale?

    1.   ?    1st and 7th
    2.   ?    3rd and 4th
    3.   ?    1st and 7th
    4.   ?    3rd and 7th

13. Which of the following is a Blues scale?

    1.   ?    C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C
    2.   ?    C-Db-E-F-Gb-A-B-C
    3.   ?    C-Db-Eb-F-Gb-Ab-B-C
    4.   ?    C-D-Eb-F-G-A-Bb-C

14. Which of the following is a Blues scale also known as the minor pentatonic?

    1.   ?    C-Eb-F-G-Bb
    2.   ?    C-Eb-F-Gb-B
    3.   ?    C-E-F-G-B
    4.   ?    C-E-F-Gb-Bb

15. Which of the following is a typical 12-bar Blues pattern in C?

    1.   ?    C G C G / F F D F/ C C C C
    2.   ?    C C C C / F F C C / G F C C
    3.   ?    C C C C / G G G G / F F F C
    4.   ?    C F F C / C G G C / C C G F

16. How many lines of lyrics does a verse of a typical Blues song have?

    1.   ?    2
    2.   ?    3
    3.   ?    4
    4.   ?    5

17. Which of the following types of notes are often 'swung' in Blues?

    1.   ?    Semibreves
    2.   ?    Minims
    3.   ?    Crotchets
    4.   ?    Quavers