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I liked learning about how it all started off

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Love love love this lesson!! Thank you so much!

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I really enjoyed learning that the rock music we know today is rooted in Black music. Not only did black heritage and culture influence rock but many other genres such as blues, jazz, hip-hop, and funk. This article is very inspiring as the reader gets to gain more cultural knowledge and be able to recognize the many different cultures that influences music today.

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Something I found interesting was how rock started out and had blues, but then it changed into to a more heart racing kind of music and developed different patterns of music.

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I liked how deep it went into the history of rock music. I had no idea it originated from black music until now. It was cool to see who the artists were and listening to the lyrics and understanding the meaning of some of their songs.

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Aug 25·edited Aug 25

It was very interesting to learn that rock music came from black music. I thought the Delta Blues style sounded like a cross between country and jazz.

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I love how influential some of these listed songs were. Some of these songs had very powerful backgrounds and meaning.

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I love music and hearing interesting facts about music. I was interesting in the facts the were presented, I dint know that all genres originated with black musicians.

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I enjoyed the fact that it showed how black musicians have influenced rock and roll overtime. For example, Muddy Waters introduced the electric guitar which is still used to this day.

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I like the last song because it brings every piece together to make one good song.

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I like the fact it showed the evolution of black music when it was so important that it kept morals high enough for they could create music like this that would eventually be recognize in the future like right now and such blackberry would be the start of many musicians that would create by non- black folks and black folks

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I thought the way they first made rock and roll made back then was interesting with the different singing patterns and the instruments.

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I liked Black Betty because of the vocals you can really hear the passion. The story telling through out the song is very nice as well.

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A fun fact that I thought was interesting was that Robert Johnson sold his soul. After selling it he gained sick guitar moves

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I appreciated that all of these songs reflected the artist's life and the challenges that they went trough. I also enjoyed learning about how the instruments and singing styles changed over time such as the introduction of the electric guitar.

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I liked learning more about the history of rock and its roots. Hearing some of the older recordings was very sad but beautiful at the same time due to the great voices of singers conveying their emotions of anguish and hope.

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