Middle School Lesson 28
Teaching Procedures
Watch a video about the blues
Listen to "The Homework Blues"
Write your own lyrics in A A B form
Listen to the Accompaniment Track for Lay Around Blues
Optional Assessment
Sing "Jellybean Blues"
Optional: Learn More about the Blues
Read the lyrics for “The Birth of the Blues”
Learn the choreography for “The Birth of the Blues”
Do the choreography for “The Birth of the Blues”
Watch a video about the blues
Watch a video about the blues.
Listen to "The Homework Blues"
Listen to "The 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 Lay Around Blues
Song Used: Lay Around Blues – Short
Listen to the Accompaniment Track for "Lay Around Blues".
Sing your lyrics with the track.
Optional Assessment
Download and print the worksheet.
If you don't have a printer, write the answers to the questions on a piece of paper.
Sing "Jellybean Blues"
Learn the song by singing the echoes.
In the verse with a "blank", create your own words about what gives you the blues.
Optional: Learn More about the Blues
This is a YouTube link.
If the link doesn't work, search internet for "A Short History of the Blues: Emerging Music of the 20th Century"
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