Year 8
How can we create a stylistic blues accompaniment?
Year 8
How can we create a stylistic blues accompaniment?
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will use everything we have learned about blues music to compose our own blues accompaniment.
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6 Questions
Q1.
Who wrote the piece of music "All Blues"?
Muddy Waters
Robert Johnson
Q2.
What is this piece of musical equipment?
A conductors batons
Trumpet cleaners
Q3.
What musical ideas did Miles Davis give to the other players in the band just a short time before they recorded the album?
A full orchestral score
Printed lead sheets
Q4.
In how many takes did Miles Davis and the band record "All Blues"?
15 takes
32 takes
Q5.
What is 6/4 time signature?
6 seimquavers in a bar
6 semibreves in a bar
Q6.
As well as the 'head' melody in the trumpet, what other instruments play a riff throughout the piece?
The double bass
The piano
6 Questions
Q1.
What is a blues accompaniment in a band?
Flute, clarinet and saxophone.
Trumpet, trombone and saxophone.
Q2.
What part in blues music does this instrument play?
Slow hip hop beat
Straight rock beat
Q3.
What part in blues music does this instrument play?
A countermelody
The solo improvised section
Q4.
What part in blues music does this instrument play?
The head melody
The walking bass line
Q5.
What pitches can you add to a walking bass line to make it sound stylistic to blues?
Notes in a different key
Octaves
Q6.
What is vamping on the piano in blues music?
Creating an improvised melody
Playing the 12 bar blues