Education
- 1. Starter Activity 12 Bar Blues •What is a Spiritual? •Think of 1 similarity and 1 difference between the lyrics of a Spiritual and an early Blues song (think about the song we listening to last week)
- 3. Lesson Objectives: • Today you will develop your.... • Knowledge of the chord structure of the Blues • Skills by developing your playing of chords on the keyboards and playing a bass line in your left hand • Understanding of how the chord pattern links to actual Blues songs
- 4. Practical activity 12 Bar Blues Leading to the individual assessment Suggested approach to your individual practice •Practise the right hand chords – when you can play them with perfectly in time with no pauses •Then practise the left hand bass line– again when you can play this perfectly •Then slowly put the 2 hands together
- 5. 12 Bar Blues Chord Progression Remember: C = C E G =1,3,5 F = F A C = 1,3,5 G = G B D – 1,3,5 C C C C F F C C G F C C
- 6. Bass Line – in the left hand C 5 – little finger LH C 5 C 5 C 5 F 2 – pointy finger LH F 2 C 5 C 5 G 1 – thumb LH F 2 C 5 C 5
- 7. Assessment criteria Level 4 The pupil performs the complete piece (12 bars of the blues) with right and left hand. There may be some breakdowns in the performance that interrupt the flow. Timing between chord changes may not be steady and the advised fingerings are not always used. There is little evidence of dynamic contrast. Level 5 The pupil performs the complete piece (12 bars of the blues) with right and left hand. The music flows well and there is good timing throughout the piece. Occasional slips on notes do not interrupt the overall flow. There is some attention paid to the advised fingering. You can hear basic changes in the dynamics. Level 6 The pupil performs the complete piece (12 bars of the blues) with right and left hand. The performance is fluent (it flows all the way through) and the pupil uses the advised fingering to enhance their performance. There is detailed attention paid to the dynamics, with subtle changes heard. The piece sounds stylistic and blues like.
- 8. H/W • Prepare individual performance of 12 Bar Blues for assessment in lesson on Friday 3rd October
- 9. Key words • Chord • Worksong • Spiritual • Call and response • Unison • Harmony • Bass line
- 10. Key words • Chord • Worksong • Spiritual • Call and response • Unison • Harmony • Bass line