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Delta (rural, country, folk) blues
aka rural country down home or folk blues - missississippi delta - devils music or secular spiritual - music of marginalized - solo male singer TERM 2
Flexible form
DEFINITION 2 long/short phrase not steady rythms performed typically boy one person because no org needed multiple performers TERM 3
Diddley bow
DEFINITION 3 The diddley bow is a string instrument of African origin made popular in America, probably developed from instruments found on the Ghana coast of west Africa. TERM 4
Bottleneck slide guitar
DEFINITION 4 jazz musicians slid hands on the frets to mimic vocal sounds TERM 5
Robert Johnson
DEFINITION 5 Short recording career - cross road blues, bottleneck slide - aab music form flexible structure - call and response with himself
race records
Race records were 78 rpm phonograph records made by and for African Americans during the early 20th century, particularly during the 1920s and 1930s. TERM 7
W.C. Handy
DEFINITION 7 William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 - March 28,
- was a blues composer and musician. Alabama trumpet player - father of blues or father of blues industry - first to note blues and compose/ transcribed blues songs TERM 8
Female singers
DEFINITION 8 Urban female stars - rainy and smith - toured TOBA circuit TERM 9
Ensemble accompaniment
DEFINITION 9 small band with women TERM 10
12 bar form codified
DEFINITION 10 chord pattern applied to each stanza of text in blues lyrics
Instruments and aesthetics
electric guitars harmonica organ drums - volume and power TERM 17
B.B. King
DEFINITION 17 blues guitarist most famous singer and song writer TERM 18
Muddy Waters
DEFINITION 18 McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the Father of modern Chicago blues. expression of masculinity and sexuality TERM 19
Big Mama Thornton
DEFINITION 19 Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (December 11, 1926 - July 25, 1984) was an American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter. TERM 20
R&B + Gospel + pop = soul music
DEFINITION 20 the sucular ritual bringning together blues gospel and popular music
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930June 10, 2004), better known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. Crossing genres of blues tin pan alley country, hazz and rock - directed at adults
