Blues Review Part 1

Test Description: Blues Unit Review

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Blues Music developed in the _________

2) It is sometimes hard to understand the words in blues music because it is about __________ rather than clarity.

3) Blues music emerged after what major historic event?

4) Robert Johnson is sometimes referred to as the _________

5) Robert Johnson was so good at the guitar, it was rumored that he made a deal with ___________ in exchange for his abilities.

6) Which famous blues musician helped make blues music commercially available so that people could buy it?

7) _____________ guitar is a method of playing guitar where you move smoothly from one note to another by using a plastic/glass tube on your finger.

8) Muddy Waters was famous in America and England. Which British rock band got their name from one of his songs?

9) B.B. King was famous for using __________ in his solos. This is where you pull the string to change the pitch.

10) Stevie Ray Vaughn combined blues music with

11) Blues music had an influence on which of the following types of music?

12) What famous scientist made the first recording of blues music?

13) In 1920, Mamie Smith released the first commercially available blues recording. It was of a song called _____________

14) What is the pattern/form of the lyrics in most blues songs?

15) Instrumental music what is called ___________ - these are notes that are slightly lower in pitch.

16) Which of the following is NOT a note in the blues scale?

17) What three chords are used for the 12-bar blues pattern?

18) What is the order of the lines of the TREBLE clef?

19) What is the order of the spaces of the BASS Clef?

20) Which accidental looks like a hashtag (#)?


*select an answer for all questions

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