HOW CAN YOU PLAY THE 12 BAR BLUES?

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HOW CAN YOU PLAY THE 12 BAR BLUES?

• HOW CAN YOU PLAY THE 3 PRIMARY CHORDS IN YOUR
  LEFT HAND?

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WHAT ARE THE 12 BAR BLUES?

• IT IS A CHORD PROGRESSION USING ONLY 3 CHORDS

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BLUES HARMONY

• CONSISTS OF 3 DIFFERENT CHORDS
• They are the I Chord, the IV Chord and the V
  Chord.
• These are the Primary Triads, the chords built
  on the 1st (tonic), the 4th (subdominant) and the
  5th note (dominant) of the major scale in any
  key.In the key of C the chords are C major
  (I) ,
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  F major (IV)
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  G major (V).
• Roman numerals (I, IV, V, etc.) represent
  chords.

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LEFT HAND
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C CHORD(C-E-G)Use your Left Hand
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F CHORD(F-A-C)Use your Left Hand
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G CHORD(G-B-D)Use your Left Hand
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KEY OF C PRIMARY CHORDS
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Keyboard Rules

• Safety Look before you Sit
• Volume Keep volume low so only
• you and partner can hear
• Stay on Task
• Turn Touch button OFF
• No Pencils/ Pens at Keyboards
• Bell Cue to stop and turn around.
• Do Not use Sound Effects.

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ASSIGNMENT

• WITH YOUR KEYBOARD PARTNER
• (1200 Partner)
• 1. PRACTICE THE 3 CHORDS WITH YOUR LEFT HAND.
• 2. THEN, QUIZ EACH OTHER

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Evaluations

• Play Chord Progression for a Grade
• C F-- G---- C C F F G (hand-out)
• 2. Take Chord Quiz (put names on keyboard for C,
  F, G chords)
• 3. Play 12-Bar Blues Chord Progression for a
  Grade (peer evaluation) (hand-out)

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LOCOMOTION
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Rock Around the Clock

• WOM Red pg. 158
• What key is this song written in?
• What are the 3 primary chords for that key?
• Analyze chords progression. What is the chord
  progression?
• Sing Rock Around the Clock

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Advanced Pianist

1. Play 12 bar blues chord progression
2. Play Blues Scales
3. Play song using 12 bar blues, as an example
4. Add a melody to the 12 bar blues chord
   progression (use blue scale), write down melody,
   perform for a grade.

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LARRY SINGS THE BLUES

• VIDEO

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Triad Blues

• Triad Blues is a twelve bar blues. The melody
  consists of chord tones only.The rhythm of the
  melody uses a simple 2 bar pattern which is
  repeated six times

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• Play the song until you have memorized the
  melody.

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• Play the chord root tones of the blues chord
  progression only. Hold each note for 4 beats
  (one bar), like this
• C C C C
• F F C C
• G G C C
• Play the above until you can play and sing it
  from memory

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BL 10 - Blues Quiz

• A.
• 1. How many bars are there in the basic blues
  form ?
• 2. How many phrases are there in the basic blues
  form, and how many bars is each phrase ?
• 3. How many different chords make up the chord
  progression of the basic blues, and which are
  they ?

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HEART SOULfrom movie Big

• VIDEO

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• 1. What chords are there in the chord progression
  for the basic blues in the key of F ?
• 2. What chords are there in the chord progression
  for the basic blues in the key of G ?
• 3. What chords are there in the chord progression
  for the basic blues in the key of Bb ?

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• A music student is learning the guitar. So far
  he has learnt to play the following chords C -
  E - D - G - A - F - Bb In how many keys can he
  play the basic blues ?

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• In the key of F the chords are F major (I) , Bb
  major (IV) and C major (V).

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LOCOMOTION

• Practice this song with your partner.

Partner A plays RH Melody
Partner B plays LH Chords
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