True/False

Question 1

I, IV, V is the common chord structure used in genres like the blues, rock, and pop

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Rock & Roll is a predecessor of the Blues

Answer 2

False (1950s Rock & Roll was heavily influenced by the Blues)

Question 3

A-A-B is a common lyrical structure in the Blues

Answer 3

True

Question 4

C-F-G popular chord progression in Pop Music

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Muddy Waters is known as the king of delta blues

Answer 5

False (Robert Johnson)

Question 6

British Rock groups in the 60s like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin famously covered songs by blues artists like Willie Dixon and Howlin’ Wolf

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Blues Musicians from the South (Mississippi, NOLA, Tennessee, etc.) Migrated to New York in the 40s and 50s producing a more electrifying style of blues music

Answer 7

False (Blues musicians like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Buddy Guy migrated to Chicago)

Question 8

New Orleans is known as one of the birthplaces of Jazz

Answer 8

True

Question 9

In the 1950s, Los Angeles was a hotspot for jazz music, as well as a home to Jazz artists like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Dizzie Gilesspe

Answer 9

False (New York)

Question 10

The song “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” by Reverend Thomas Dorsey is heavily influenced by the gospel hymn “Amazing Grace”

Answer 10

False (“Take My Hand, Precious Lord” is an adaptation of the song “Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone”)

Question 11

Gospel Songs like “Amazing Grace” were based on poems

Answer 11

True (Amazing Grace was a poem written by John Newton)

Question 12

“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” was famously sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, headed by Ella Sheppard

Answer 12

True