1. Blues Music

2. Starter Activity Techno Classical Blues Folk Music
YEAR 8 UNIT 4 – JAZZ IMPROVISATION PPT1
Starter Activity
Listen to this piece of music
– what type of music do you think this is?
Techno
Classical
Blues
Folk Music

3. Lesson Objectives: Today you will develop your....
Knowledge of the background/history of blues
Skills by listening to examples and identifying the style
Understanding of where, how and why the style originated
Awareness of the feelings and emotions related to the music

4. Where did the Blues start?
YEAR 8 UNIT 4 – JAZZ IMPROVISATION PPT1
Where did the Blues start?

6. Blues Blues is folk music of the African-Americans.
It originated from slaves who worked on the plantations of southern USA and who sang about their feelings and problems.

7. Rhythms and melodies were brought by slaves from Africa on slave ships.
Many blues songs are about the struggle of slavery.

8. African Slaves

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