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♥ The three primary chords are C, F and G.
♥ The secondary notes are: (notes that make up
the primary chords)
♥ C- c, e, g, a
♥ F- f, a, c, d
♥ G- g, b, d, e
♥ When playing a chord on the piano or key board
you do this
C
♥ Note 1- miss 2-note 3-miss4-note 5 and 6.
The arpeggio cords
are also known as
blue, red and green.
C
C
C
CEGA
CEGA
CEGA
CEGA
F
F
C
C
FAC D
FAC D
CEGA
CEGA
G
F
C
C
CEGA
CEGA
G B D E FAC D
C
E F
G
A
G A
B C
D E
D
D#
The melody line is
played with the
chords. In some
parts of the song it
is the same time and
in other parts its
after you play a
chord.
C3 D
G
F#
D#
A#
C3
F
C3 D# F
These notes are
the notes used
in the scale of
the 12 bar blues
G
F# G
A# C4
All or some of these notes can be
used for the musical technique
‘improvisation’. The improvisation
is played in the time slot of the ‘1-8
count’ from the melody line.
During the 18th and 19 centuries,
thousands of Africans were forced to
go to America. They had little
amounts of food and had to work
really hard; they were also separated
from their family.
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They went through a lot of
pain and suffering. They
were set free from being
slaves in 1865. although
they were set free it was
still hard for them
because they faced
poverty and
homelessness; they were
not able to get jobs.
♫ Blues music was to express the problems they
faced as slaves during there work to make
them happy.
♫ There most popular instrument was the
drum which was played by the palms of their
hands, fingertips and sticks. They used other
instruments like drums, sticks, shakers and
tambourines.
Blues music uses improvisation.
Improvisation means to make music
up as you go along. They also use ‘call
and response’ this is a way they
perform by making the singer sing first
half line and response frim the
guitarist or other instrumentalist.
There are two types of
blues which are country
and city. City blues is more
louder and fiercer. Also
the sound is amplified.
There is also a lead singer
or guitarist which was
usually accompanied by a
backing group.