MUS 161 Exam 1 Practice Exam Questions With Actual Correct Answers.
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Griot - correct answer Tribal Historian/Storyteller in traditional African Culture.
Alan Lomax - correct answer Prolific musicologist and song collector; preserved much of the early Blues music through his field recordings...
MUS 161 Exam 1
Griot - correct answer Tribal Historian/Storyteller in traditional African Culture.
Alan Lomax - correct answer Prolific musicologist and song collector; preserved
much of the early Blues music through his field recordings.
Name of song that Alan Lomax recorded - correct answer I be so glad when the sun
go down.
how was slavery kept intact? - correct answer Jim Crow laws, sharecropping, terror
tactics, prison system.
Who is known as the first Delta Blues Artist? - correct answer Charley Patton
Charley Patton - correct answer known for his powerful rasping voice (throat cut),
playing guitar behind his head and with his teeth, and getting drunk and into fights.
Son House - correct answer Was a very religious man, originally a preacher,
influenced early on by Charley Patton. He played the bottleneck guitar and stated that "the women and
whiskey wouldn't leave him alone"
Bottleneck - correct answer Guitar technique where artist used neck of a bottle to
create slide effect.
Delta Blues - correct answer a style of blues originating in the Mississippi Delta,
typically featuring slide guitar and harmonica
Robert Johnson - correct answer A Delta blues man who supposedly sold his soul to
the Devil for his musical abilities. Was poisoned by a woman's husband in his 20s. played guitar better
than anyone else, selling mass records, very popular.
, robert johnson song - correct answer hell hound on my trail
Memphis, Tennessee - correct answer Northernmost part of the Mississippi delta
region, home of radio station WDIA.
WDIA Memphis - correct answer First radio station in the country to switch to an all
black format. became most popular
Boogie-Woogie - correct answer Blues style of piano music associated with the
dance, also known as "barrelhouse" started in barrelhouses. Characterized by playing the twelve bar
blues rhythm with left hand, while the right hand improvises.
Chess Records - correct answer Started by Phil and Leonard Chess, a Chicago record
label that specialized in blues, R&B, soul, and gospel music. could get any music distributed, but was
mostly illegal
Muddy Waters - correct answer Guitarist, singer, and most popular blues musician
in Chicago during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Moved to Chicago from Mississippi delta, starting
playing blues at houseparties and got popular from there. Signed to Chess Records
Howlin Wolf - correct answer He would howl and had growing voice, learned a lot
from Charley Patton. Signed by Chess
Race Music - correct answer Original Term for music recorded from Black Artists,
eventually changed to R&B.
Hillbilly Music - correct answer A term applied to early country music also referred
to as common folk music
Where did Country Music start - correct answer southern Appalachia
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