___________________ is a musical genre that emerged in black communities in the Deep South - and especially the region from the
Mississippi Delta to East Texas - sometime around the end of the nineteenth century. Some artists in this style include Ethel Waters, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and Bessie Smith.
I would say the answer is playing sadly with feeling. I don't believe that banging violently would produce a sound that makes the piano sound as though it "moans with melody" The other two answer choices wouldn't produce a sound like that either. So playing sadly with feeling seems to be the best choice.
