En anglais

From blues roots to hip hop

Arts & Music · Music · ages 14-16

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Blues continued to be performed after jazz and rock developed.
Circle one: True False
Which account correctly identifies where blues developed and explains why its history matters?
- African Americans in the Deep South; work songs and spirituals link blues to community life
- African Americans in the Deep South; its history tells us which chord pattern a blues song must use
- Black, Latino and Caribbean communities in the Bronx; work songs and spirituals link blues to community life
A singer sings a phrase, then a guitar plays an answering phrase. What pattern does this describe?
- AAB: a line repeated, then a new line
- Call and response between phrases
- Twelve bars of repeating chords
A rock solo uses a technique learned from a blues recording. Which observation identifies the pitch-bending connection taught in the lesson?
- The solo's chord pattern repeats after three groups of four bars
- The guitar's pitch moves between notes during a held sound
- The singer repeats a whole lyric line before singing a different line
A blues chorus has three groups of four bars before its chord pattern repeats. Which name fits?
- 8-bar blues: two groups of four bars
- 16-bar blues: four groups of four bars
- 12-bar blues: three groups of four
A producer repeats part of a soul recording under new rap vocals. Which account correctly identifies this technique and its history?
- A new performance of soul; the producer plays the older part again instead of using its recording
- Musical sampling; reusing recordings was a practice introduced by hip hop
- Musical sampling; recorded-sound reuse existed before hip hop
A radio series brings early Black rock-and-roll recordings to new listeners, but its history notes name only later stars. What should a reader check?
- Whether every recording used the same instruments
- Which earlier musicians deserve credit
- Whether every later artist recorded in the same studio
Which list follows the lesson's rough time order for the beginnings of these styles?
- Blues, rock, hip hop, jazz
- Hip hop, blues, jazz, rock
- Blues, jazz, rock, hip hop

Answer key

For grown-ups. Fold this page away before handing over the rest.

From blues roots to hip hop W1-mt_6cNI4oKzCA-s1

True · A newer style's starting date does not mark the end of older styles. Their histories overlap.
African Americans in the Deep South; work songs and spirituals link blues to community life · Blues developed among African Americans in the Deep South. Its roots connect the music with community life, not a required chord pattern for each song.
Call and response between phrases · The singer makes the call and the guitar supplies the response. The exchange does not tell us the verse form or bar count.
The guitar's pitch moves between notes during a held sound · Pitch bending moves the pitch between notes. Counting bars describes form, while repeated lyric lines describe a pattern in the words.
12-bar blues: three groups of four · Three groups of four make twelve bars. This is a blues chorus, so the form is 12-bar blues.
Musical sampling; recorded-sound reuse existed before hip hop · Reusing the recorded soul audio is musical sampling. Hip-hop producers use recorded-sound reuse, but that practice existed before hip hop.
Which earlier musicians deserve credit · The account may omit earlier musicians' contributions. Checking credit addresses the gap described.
Blues, jazz, rock, hip hop · The lesson places blues in the late 1800s, jazz around 1900, rock in the 1950s and hip hop in the 1970s. The styles overlap.