How can blues singers “music” about music? Explain your answer

What will be an ideal response?


• Musicians respond to singers' melodic phrases with melodic phrases that may mimic, vary, or otherwise answer another performer. When one blues singer responds to another by singing verses of his or her own, these newly composed verses use song—rather than speech—to talk to another singer.

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When the word art appears in everyday conversation, it is used in a wide array of contexts but generally conveys three main ideas. Which of the following is not one of the three?

A) Sophistication B) Skill C) Beauty D) Meaning

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The most significant consequence of Renaissance warfare was the

A. introduction of cannon. B. use of mercenary soldiers. C. creation of alliances. D. development of diplomacy as an alternative to war.

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Which of the following influential recordings was the first to be recorded?

A. Ravi Shankar and Bud Shank's Improvisations. B. The Beatles' "Within You, Without You". C. The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood". D. Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin's West Meets East.

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In point of view, a film

A. tends to remain very subjective in fiction narratives. B. can range from the purely objective to the intensely subjective. C. is often dictated by its theme. D. is the most difficult element to understand when it is being analyzed.

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