12 BAR BLUES SONG WRITING SHEET
Pick something that happened to you that was not good eg. Going on holiday and the weather was bad or you got
sick. Looking forward to Christmas presents but all you got was socks. Winning a race but getting disqualified. Getting
lost. An embarrassing moment. Losing/breaking something, you really liked. An injury or accident.
N.B. Your idea must be true or sound true – if your idea is not appropriate you will need to start again.
My song is about:
The plan: Write at least one sentence for each answer.
1. Leading up to the incident, where were you? Who were you with? What were you doing?
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2. What lead up to the incident?
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3. What was the incident?
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4. What did you do next?
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THE PATTERN FOR A BLUES VERSE
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12 BAR BLUES SONG DRAFT
Each answer to the plan questions becomes a verse.
Verse 1
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Verse 2
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Verse 3
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Verse 4
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