MUSC 2226 - unit 6

Question 1

country blues

Answer 1

a family of African American folk blues styles that flourished in rural South. Country blues differs from commercial blues mainly in its accompanying instrument-usually acoustic guitar - and its tendency toward less regular forms

Question 2

griot

Answer 2

in West African culture, the tribe’s healer (witch doctor), historian (preserver of its history in his songs), and , along with the master drummer, most important musician

Question 3

hokum

Answer 3

an upbeat blues style that emerged between the first and second world wars

Question 4

boogie-woogie

Answer 4

a blues piano style characterized by repetitive bass figures, usually in a shuffle rhythm

Question 5

gospel

Answer 5

a family of religious music styles: ther is a white and black gospel music. Black gospel music has had the more profound influence of popular music by far. Created around 1930 by Thomas Dorsey and others, gospel has influenced popular singing, especially rhythm and blues, since the early 1950s

Question 6

a cappella

Answer 6

vocal music without instrumental accompaniment