Self-paced
P1
The term "blues" is conventionally used to refer to a state of sadness or melancholy, but to conclude from this that the musical genre of the same name is merely an expression of unrelieved sorrow is to miss its deeper meaning. ███
Intro to Topic ·
Blues (musical genre) is more than sorrow
Blues and Spirituals ·
Similar: both elicit a spiritual transformation
Blues has been called "secular spiritual."
Main Point ·
Both tap into African American culture
I suspect this is the main point. But will have to see if rest of passage supports this.
P2
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Premise ·
AA folk tradition doesn't separate secular and religious
Premise ·
Blues and spirituals try to transform sorrow into elation
Premise ·
Both forms may be linked to AA and West African culture of creating "ecstasy"
Author is theorizing here. Notice "may be linked."
P3
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Musical Mechanics ·
Blues transcend negative experience with mastery of performance
Author is talking about how blues is able to achieve the effect that it does.
Example ·
Singer is poor but performs well
By boasting, the singer is able to transcend the negative experience of being poor.
Passage Style
Single position
11.
The reference to "
a
distinguish the standard ████ ███ ████████████ ███ ████ ██████████ ███ ██ █ ████
The author does not suggest that there are correct or incorrect meanings of “ecstasy.” Perhaps both definitions are correct, in the sense of being found in the dictionary, but the author is emphasizing that she’s using 1 of those meanings and not the other.
b
specify a particular █████ ██ █ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ███████ ███ ████ ██ ██████
This best captures the purpose as explained above.
c
point out a ████ ████ ███████████ █████████████ ███████████ ███████ ████ █████ ███████████
The author does not suggest that “ecstasy” incorrectly characterizes experiences from blues. In addition, the “standing out from oneself” phrase is the meaning the author intends by “ecstasy.”
d
identify a way ██ █████ █████████ █████████████ ███████ ████ █████ ███████████
The author doesn’t try to distinguish religious participation from blues performance.
e
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The author’s use of the phrase is an attempt to clarify the meaning of “ecstasy.” The author isn’t trying to comment on blues artists and how intensely they perform.