Year 9 - The Blues - Homework 2

What does Walking bass mean?

• Making it up as you go along based on rules

• (Left hand or bass guitar), moves up and down using crotchets (core beats)

• Two phrases in the same instrument

• A common chord pattern in blues music made up of 12 bars

What does Swung rhythm mean?

• Accenting weaker beats

• The music is played at a slow tempo

• When the beats in music are played with a bouncy, uneven feel, like skipping

• Two phrases linked and played one after another between different instruments and groups

What is the 12 Bar Blues?

• Two phrases in the same instrument

• A group of notes most used by blues performers when improvising

• A common chord pattern in blues music made up of 12 bars, usually using the I, IV, and V chords

• Making it up as you go along based on rules

What is Call and Response?

• Two phrases linked and played one after another between different instruments and groups

• Accenting weaker beats

• When the beats are played unevenly

• The music is played at a slow tempo

What is Question and Answer?

• Two phrases in the same instrument

• Making it up as you go along based on rules

• A common chord pattern in blues

• The bass guitar moving in crotchets

What is the Blues scale?

• A common chord pattern in blues music made up of 12 bars

• Group of notes, most used by blues performers when improvising – C, D, Eb, F, F#, G, A, Bb

• Accenting weaker beats

• The music is played at a slow tempo

What does Syncopation mean?

• Making it up as you go along based on rules

• Accenting weaker beats

• Two phrases in the same instrument

• A group of notes used for improvising

What is Improvisation?

• Making it up as you go along based on rules

• The music is played slowly

• A common chord sequence

• A group of notes used for blues

What does Slow mean?

• When the beats are played unevenly

• The music is played at a slow tempo

• Two phrases in the same instrument

• A bass line moving in crotchets

Listen to this excerpt - what characteristics are typical of The Blues
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_l6A7krjrQ&list=RDe_l6A7krjrQ