2. The first part of the blues was the arpeggio chords. The arpeggio chords were also known as the broken chords. This included three primary chords which were c, f, and g. it carried on in a pattern of c, c, c, c, which was played 4 times then it carried on to f, f, c, c which was played once and then finally it went on to g, f, c, c. Also the blues includes the melody line. The melody is made up of 9 notes g, g, g, c3, d, c3, d#, d, c3. After the three g’s you rest and count 1,2and then after the last c3 you rest and count 1,8. During this time you play the scale. The scale is made up of 7 notes c3, d#, f, f#, g, a#, c4. Also the scale is improvised.

3. Some of the blues singers are Duncan James, Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan and Antony Costa. Duncan James is an English singer, actor and TV presenter. Simon Webbe is an English singer-songwriter, actor and music manager. Lee Ryan is a singer-songwriter and actor. Antony Costa is also a singer- songwriter and actor. All these singers are English and used their vocals as their instruments.

4. Thousands of people were sent to America because they were taken for slaves. Life was horrible for the Africans because they had to work a lot as slaves. The music was important to the slaves because it kept a beat going while they worked. The most popular instrument was the drums. They used off beats whilst playing. Off beats are the beats of 2 and 4. All the instruments used were: drums, shakers, tambourines, anklets and fiddles. All this happened in the 18 th century.

5. The slaves travelled by ship to get from west Africa to north America. This was very upsetting for the slaves as they didn’t want to become slaves and everything they had in west Africa had been taken away from them as they had to travel to north America. Once the slaves had travelled to north America they were sold to white people.