What features make "Empty Bed Blues' a classic Blues song?
What will be an ideal response?
The earthy, direct lyrics
Smith's singing
The use of several blues conventions such as : the twelve-bar form, call-and-response between voice and instrument, blue notes (bent, expressive notes outside of the major scale) and phrases that start high and end low.
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Perhaps the most significant change in theatre between the end of World War II and 1980 was the:
a. creation of the American musical. b. decentralization of theatre, which saw the establishment of permanent companies in places that previously had none. c. increased questioning of individual values and social conventions. d. challenge to legal and governmental sanctions of inequities in society.
Rousseau's democratic ideas reflected his origins as a citizen of the
A. nation-state of England. B. world. C. city-state of Geneva. D. Holy Roman Empire.