Lead Belly accompanies himself by doing this action approximately every three and a half beats in his otherwise acapella recording of “Black Betty.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Musicians like Taj Mahal have sometimes reminded audiences to do what manual, percussive action on the 2’s and 4’s rather than the 1’s and 3’s, since blues music emphasizes the offbeats?
ANSWER: clapping [accept clapping along to a beat]
[10h] This singer accompanied himself with arrhythmic clapping on his classic recording of “Grinnin’ In Your Face.” This Delta blues musician wrote the song “Death Letter Blues.”
ANSWER: Son House [or Edward James House Jr.]
[10m] On “Death Letter Blues,” House reaches down to play high G’s on fret 5 using one of these implements. While lap steel players frequently use metal examples of these left-hand implements, Delta blues players historically have used glass ones derived from bottles.
ANSWER: guitar slides [accept slide guitar; accept steel bar or tone bar; prompt on bottlenecks; prompt on bars]
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