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BLUES • Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre[1] that originated in African-American communities of mainly the "Deep South" of the United States around the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads.[2] The blues form, everywhere in jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll, is characterized by specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues chord progression is the most common. The blue notes that, for expressive purposes are sung or played flattened or gradually bent (minor 3rd to major 3rd) in relation to the pitch of the major scale, are also an important part of the sound. Some of the Blues singers were: : Jeff Beck, Big Bill Broonzy, Ruth Brown, Robert Johnson, john lee hooker, Bessie smith, Willie Brown, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Ray Charles, Sam Chatmon, Marshall Chess, etc. SOME BLUES INSTRUMENT DRUM KALIMBA GUITAR
BLUES SINGERS BILLIE HOLIDAY JOHN LEE HOOKER BESSIE SMITH ROBERT JOHNSON HOWLIN WOLF SON HOUSE ETTA JAMES BIG BILL BRONZY
BESSIE SMITH Bessie smith was one of the most popular and greatest American blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She rightfully earned the title “The empress of music”. She was born on the 15th of April, 1894. She was the daughter of Laura Smith and William Smith. Bessie smith was the first major blues and jazz singer on record and one of the most powerful of all time. She died September 26, 1937. BESSIE SMITH SONGS • Black water blues • I need a little sugar in my bowl • A good man is hard to find • There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight • Down Hearted Blues and more
AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVERY Blues music played an important part in the lives of the slaves. They used music to express their feelings. They sang when they were working on the plantation, the songs were usually about their lives and what they were doing. When they were being maltreated music made them feel good. The slaves used what was around them to make instruments. The most popular instrument they used were fiddles. FIDDLE
FREEDOM WAS WORSE THAN SLAVERY Freedom was worse than slavery for many of the black Americans because they had no jobs to do to be able to feed themselves and families or homes to go. Some of the slaves ran away even after knowing they had no homes to go, they thought suffering was better than slavery as they were not treated equally.
