A popular song named for this style of music features a bridge sometimes called a "tango" or "Spanish tinge," made up of a dotted quarter, an eighth, and quarter, quarter notes. Performers of one song in this genre often mimic the barking of a dog an
A popular song named for this style of music features a bridge sometimes called a "tango" or "Spanish tinge," made up of a dotted quarter, an eighth, and quarter, quarter notes. Performers of one song in this genre often mimic the barking of a dog and the crowing of the title "Little Red Rooster." Early performers in this genre played a string instrument consisting of a piece of wire strung between two nails on a board over a glass bottle. These songs were usually built on a I, IV, V chord progression. W. C. (*) Handy codified many conventions of this genre. This style lends its name to an extremely widespread "twelve-bar" chord progression. A "Crossroad" song in this style supposedly references the place where the artist sold his soul to the devil in exchange for mastery of the guitar. For 10 points, name this style of music popularized by Bessie Smith, B. B. King, and Robert Johnson, often tinged with melancholy.
A popular song named for this style of music features a bridge sometimes called a "tango" or "Spanish tinge," made up of a dotted quarter, an eighth, and quarter, quarter notes.
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