13 Check your learning

Have a go at the following quiz to check what you have learned.

Select all the statements below that are true.

The blues scale is a special scale with lots of notes.

Blue notes are usually the third, fifth and seventh notes of the scale.

Chords are made up of four notes sounding simultaneously.

Chords are two or more notes sounding simultaneously.

Primary chords relate to the scales on which they are based

Delta blues and urban blues used primary chords.

The order of chords in the 12-bar blues is I-IV-V-I.

Blues lyrics often use three-line verses to fit the 12-bar blues pattern.

Blues songs are always ballads.

OpenLearn - Discovering music: the blues
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