How do blues singers communicate emotion?

Music

What was the nickname given to Bessie Smith in the 1930's?

Blues lyrics are about friendship and partying.

Blues lyrics are about working at the weekend.

Blues lyrics are raw and full of emotion, dwelling on love or loneliness.

What are the lyrics of blues music often about?

First two lines of the verse are the same and the third is different.

The pattern of lyrics are AAB, what does this mean?

What was often the meaning in the AAB structure lyrics of blues music?

The last word of the B phrase must rhyme with the last word of the A phrase.

The middle of the phrases must have the same words.

Which words need to rhyme in the AAB lyrical structure?

Where musicians would get together and spontaneously play music; more of a social gathering.

They would make up tunes and lyrics on the spot.

They would only play songs they already knew.

In the early blues of the 1900's, musicians did not have printed scores, how did they play together?

The notes are the same as the blues head melody.

The notes were clear, you can hear phrases in swung rhythm and there are repeated musical ideas.

The notes were too long, they rhythms are slow and a lot of the pitches are the same.

Which of these descriptions talks about a successful improvisation?

Blues improvisations only include quaver notes.

Blues music has a swing feel, which you can hear in the drum shuffle.

Blues music has changed and moved from straight to swung rhythms.

Why does a good blues improvisation use swung rhythms?