Blues

• Name three key features of Blues music

• Sing in tune, using vocal expression to convey meaning

• Explain what a chord is and play the chord of C sixteen times

• Play the twelve bar blues correctly

• Play the notes of the Blues scale in the correct order, ascending and descending

• Play a selection of Blues scale notes out of order in their own improvisation

Key Knowledge

To know that:

• A chord is the layering of several pitches played at the same time.

• 12-bar Blues is a sequence of 12 bars of music, made up of three different chords.

• 'Blues' music aims to share feelings and blues songs tend to be about sadness or worry.

• A 'bent note' is a note that varies in its pitch, eg the pitch may slide up or down

• A chord is the layering of several pitches played at the same time.