Across
- 5. A scale with only 5 notes instead of the 7 note scales that are typical of European music. The notes in the C major pentatonic scale are C, D, E, G, and A. The notes in the C minor pentatonic scale are C, E flat, F, G, and B flat. The blues scale is a pentatonic scale with a sixth note added. For the C major pentatonic scale, the added note is E flat. For the C minor pentatonic scale, the added note is G flat. These added notes are referred to as blues notes.
- 6. An energetic form of the blues with electric guitar and sometimes bass guitar, piano, and drums. This style developed when Delta blues musicians migrated to Chicago. It had a strong influence on rock and roll
- 7. Between 1910 and 1970, six million African Americans emigrated from the South to Northern cities like Chicago to escape crushing poverty and Jim Crow laws.
Down
- 1. A succession of chords. The 12-bar blues progression is a chord progression consisting of 12 bars, or measures, in a specific pattern.
- 2. In blues music, a call-and-response form in which the first line is repeated twice, sometimes with subtle variations (AA). The third line (B) is the response and is often longer and more complex.
- 3. One of the earliest styles of blues music, Delta blues developed in the Mississippi delta. It included gritty guitar solos, wailing harmonicas, and soulful lyrics about life’s hardships.
- 4. A style of guitar playing in which a hard object like a knife, metal bar, or neck of a bottle is slid up and down the guitar strings to create a smooth, wailing sound.