To be able to identify some of the Musical features

of the 12 Bar Blues

To be able to demonstrate some of the Musical
features in a Performance

The 12 bar _____ is a set of _________ that go in a specific

____________, relating to the key and its _______________.
The 12 ________ __________ is a ___________________, not
a _______________.
             

             
To be able to identify some of the Musical features
of the 12 Bar Blues
To be able to demonstrate some of the Musical
features in a Performance
CHORD STRUCTURE

Once you can play the chord structure – experiment with

playing the chords in different rhythms

Whole notes, quarter notes, swung quavers,

arpeggios, swung quaver arpeggios
12 Bar Blues
To be able to identify some of the Musical features
of the 12 Bar Blues
To be able to demonstrate some of the Musical
features in a Performance
CHORD STRUCTURE
C IC IC IC I
F IF IC IC I
G IF IC I G/C I
Once you can play the chord structure – experiment with
playing the chords in different rhythms

Whole notes, quarter notes, swung quavers,

arpeggios, swung quaver arpeggios
To be able to identify some of the Musical features
of the 12 Bar Blues
To be able to demonstrate some of the Musical
features in a Performance
Walking Bass
C IC IC IC I
Cega Bb a g e C e g a Bb a g e
F IF IC IC I
Facd Eb d c a Cega Bb a g e
G IF IC I G/C I
G bde Face Cega Gfed
 Listening
Which words describe this music best?

Fast Tempo High Pitch

Guitar Banjo

Slow Tempo Improvised

Sliding Classical

Low Pitch Loud Dynamics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoHDrzw-RPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQ8GDBA8Is
 BLUES COMPARISON

DELTA (EARLY BLUES) CHICAGO (LATER BLUES)

 Listening to ‘You Upset Me Baby’ by BB
King

 What word best describes the electric guitar part at the start?
 Walking bass Improvisation Strummed chords

 What other instruments can you hear?

 Can you identify the time signature?

 Blues in C

C C C C

F F C C

G F C C
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
To be able to identify some of the Musical features of
the 12 Bar Blues
To be able to demonstrate some of the Musical
features in a Performance
IMPROVISING using the BLUES SCALE

C Eb F Gb G Bb
PERFORMING
TECHNIQUES
To be able to identify some of the Musical features of
the 12 Bar Blues
To be able to demonstrate some of the Musical
features in a Performance
Composing a MELODY using the notes of the
BLUES SCALE
C Eb F F# G Bb
COMPOSING
TECHNIQUES

Sequencing
 To be able to identify some of the Musical features
of the 12 Bar Blues
To be able to demonstrate some of the Musical
features in a Performance

C IC IC IC I
_______________
Melody

F IF IC IC I
_______________
Melody

G IF IC I G/C I
_______________
Melody
 12 Bar Blues

3 x 12 Bars

1. Chords, Bassline, Melody

2. Chords, Bassline, improvising

3. Chords, Bassline, Melody