The Blues

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The Blues

• What do they have to do with beginning Guitar
  Ensemble?

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Tell me what you know about the Blues!

• What I already know

• What Id like to learn

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What have we been learning about various styles
already?

• Historical Aspects
• Musical Aspects
• Social/Cultural Aspect

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Historical Aspect

• Where?
• In what geographical areas did the Blues begin
  and develop?
• Who?
• Who were the major players?
• When?
• In what time period did the Blues begin and what
  important events took place that were significant
  in the spread of the Blues?
• What?
• What was going on in the United States at the
  time the Blues was growing?

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Where?

• The Deep South
• (The Delta)

Chicago
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Who?

• Blues Women
• Ma Rainey
• Bessie Smith
• Blues Men
• Robert Johnson
• Blind Lemon Jefferson
• The Rolling Stones
• Eric Clapton

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When?

• The Blues began in the early 1900s

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What?

• WWI
• The Great Depression
• Huge Racial divide still prevalent