Description For blues musicians, "Worrying the line" is the technique of breaking up a phrase by changing pitch, adding a shout, or repeating words in order to emphasize, clarify, or subvert a moment in a song.
Examining the works of Lucille.
Wall applies this term to fiction and nonfiction writing by African American Women in the twentieth century, demonstrating how these Writers bring about similar changes in African American and American Literary traditions.
Cheryl A.
Description For blues musicians, "Worrying the line" is the technique of breaking up a phrase by changing pitch, adding a shout, or repeating words in order to emphasize, clarify, or subvert a moment in a song