Middle School Composing 4: 12-Bar Blues
Teaching Procedures
Watch a video about the blues
Watch a video about the blues.
Listen to the song "Homework Blues"
Listen to the song "Homework Blues".
Notice the a a b form of the lyrics.
Write your own lyrics in a a b form
Write your own blues song!
Write your own lyrics (words) in a a b form using the melody and the rhythms of "Homework Blues".
Listen to the accompaniment track for #83 "Lay Around Blues"
Listen to the accompaniment track for #83 "Lay Around Blues".
Sing your lyrics with the track.
Optional Assessment
Optional Assessment
Download and print the worksheet from Supporting Resources.
If you don't have a printer, write the answers to the questions on a piece of paper.
Optional: Learn more about the blues
Optional:
Learn more about the blues.
This is a Safeshare link.
If the Safeshare link doesn't work, search internet for "A Short History of the Blues: Emerging Music of the 20th Century".
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