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Music: The Art of Listening, 6/e
Jean Ferris, Arizona State University-Tempe


Essay Quiz





1

Using a keyboard instrument, play the bass line for the twelve-bar blues, using the harmonic scheme in this chapter. As you play this pattern, can you hear a blues melody evolve? Try to sing or play the melody. Can you think of words to add to your blues song?
2

Who was W. C. Handy? What did he write that is famous today?