1. Blues Music

2. Find out the definition of the 12 bar blues
Starter Activity
Recap previous lesson and discussion about the homework task:
Chords
Comparing blues music
Homework:
Find out the definition of the 12 bar blues

3. Lesson Objectives: Today you will develop your....
Skills by listening to examples of music that uses the 12 bar blues structure, and Performing by playing the 12 bar sequence.
Knowledge of Blues artists and how music can reflect time, place and culture
Understanding of the 12 bar blues and how it is used as a framework for the chords

4. Bessie Smith – 1937 Sometimes referred to as "The Empress of the Blues", Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era, and along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists.

5. Your first task....
Is to listen to the following extracts of music and try to comment on each using the following headings:
Time – When do you think it was it written and why? (Early, middle or Late/Modern Blues)
Place – Where do you think it came from?
Culture – Does this music reflect the culture it originally came from?

6. 12 Bar Blues Structure 1 2 3 4 G / / / 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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7. Peer Assessment task I can......... My Partner can........
Play the 12 bar Blues with only some mistakes
Play the 12 bar Blues with no mistakes
Play the 12 bar Blues in time with my partner
Play the 12 bar Blues in time with me

8. Plenary
Listen to groups of pupils playing the 12 bar blues or perform together as a class.