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Blues
- What was blues music and how did it begin
- Blues music sounds a bit like jazz. It uses repeated
chords and the call and response which was used in
African music.
- Blues came about by African Americans. They began playing it
and it was mostly played in the south. It is slow and is a mixture
of jazz and rock and roll. The slaves on the plantaion used to
sing it as a work song.
- Blues music sounds a bit like jazz. It uses repeated
chords and the call and response which was used in
African music.
- Blues music
- Blues music uses the notes of the blues scale c
eb f gb g Bb c
- The third and seventh notes are flattened
- Blues music uses a swinging off beat rhythm
they use quavers and semiquavers to make it
sound like that. It also uses the 12 bar blues
which are the chords C C C C F F C C G F C C.
Blues music also uses a walking bass. In blues
there are three lines in each verse. the pattern is
A A B. Also at the end of each line there is a fill
which is a line of instrumental.
- Blues music uses a slow tempo. Also they use
harmonica, guitar, banjo, violin and the double
base.
- Blues music uses the notes of the blues scale c
eb f gb g Bb c
- Defintions
- Pentatonic; The scale used in blues music
- Scat singing: When you improvise random notes.
- Riff; A pattern of notes like an ostinato
- Stop time: When the band stops playing and there is a solo.
- Improvisation: When you play notes that you are doing on the spot from a pacific scale.
- Pentatonic; The scale used in blues music
- Think in Blues by Bessie Smith
- Each verse has three lines. There is a fill after each line. There are four bar introduction. It
uses a slow tempo, loud dynamics that suddenly go soft. Nowadays in Blues music we have
electric instruments. We don't follow the traditional blues structure and our lyrics are more
upbeat.
- Minor key. Long notes. Lyrics tell a story. Vocals do the
melody the trumpet does the fills and piano does the chords.
- Each verse has three lines. There is a fill after each line. There are four bar introduction. It
uses a slow tempo, loud dynamics that suddenly go soft. Nowadays in Blues music we have
electric instruments. We don't follow the traditional blues structure and our lyrics are more
upbeat.
- How to remember the lines and spaces of the base and treble cleff
- Treble clef: Spaces= face lines= Every Good Boy Deserves Footballs
- Base Clef: Spaces= All Cows Eat Grass Lines= Good Boys Deserve Fun Always
- Treble clef: Spaces= face lines= Every Good Boy Deserves Footballs
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