a scale typically used in blues music; it uses blue notes which gives blues its distinctive sound

the lowered or flattened notes in the blues scale, typically the 3rd, 5th and 7th

With Blue Notes Audio

British English CC

Without Blue Notes Audio

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Blues Scale Video

Blues Scale Melody Video

Melody Phrases Video

Where do The Chords Land Video

Melody With Boogie-Woogie Pattern Video

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The blues scale

Music

Blues music and the 12-bar blues

The role of the instruments and the bass pattern

Boogie-woogie

Building an improvisation

Creating an idiomatic blues performance

In this unit, pupils learn about the 12-bar blues, the stylistic and musical features of blues music and the role of the instruments in a blues ensemble. They develop an extended improvisation and build a stylistic blues performance.

The 12-bar blues

In music, a flat (b) {{}} the note by a semitone.

A blues scale uses {{}} which gives blues its distinctive sound.

The notes flattened in a blues scale are the 3rd, 5th and ____________.

Complete the notes to the C blues scale: C _ F Gb G Bb C

Which finger tends to plays the black notes in a C blues scale?

In most blues music, the right hand piano part plays the __________.

repeated quaver pattern (‘chugga-chugga’)

Which musical features make boogie-woogie sound like a train?

{{}} (fast alternating notes) also sound like train noises.

Which purpose might boogie-woogie have been used for?

In the Key of C, the 12 bar blues uses the chords C, F and {{}}.

The blues scale

Lesson outcome