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

  1. 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"?
Correct answer: Miles Davis
Muddy Waters
Robert Johnson
Q2.
What is this piece of musical equipment?
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A conductors batons
Correct answer: Drum brush sticks
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?
Correct answer: A few scales and melodies
A full orchestral score
Printed lead sheets
Q4.
In how many takes did Miles Davis and the band record "All Blues"?
15 takes
Correct answer: 2 takes
32 takes
Q5.
What is 6/4 time signature?
Correct answer: 6 crotchet beats in a bar
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
Correct answer: Two saxophones

6 Questions

Q1.
What is a blues accompaniment in a band?
Correct answer: Drums, bass and piano.
Flute, clarinet and saxophone.
Trumpet, trombone and saxophone.
Q2.
What part in blues music does this instrument play?
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Slow hip hop beat
Straight rock beat
Correct answer: Swung shuffle rhythm
Q3.
What part in blues music does this instrument play?
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A countermelody
The solo improvised section
Correct answer: The walking bass line
Q4.
What part in blues music does this instrument play?
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Correct answer: The 12 bar blues chords
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?
Correct answer: Flattened blues notes
Notes in a different key
Octaves
Q6.
What is vamping on the piano in blues music?
Correct answer: Adding interesting changes to a repeating chord progression
Creating an improvised melody
Playing the 12 bar blues