1. By: Lama and Isha
ALL ABOUT THE BLUES

2. The Blues Scale is Played in two Different Scales:
The Hexatonic Scale:
Which Sounds Like This:
And The Heptatonic Scale
Which Sounds Like This:
THE BLUES SCALE

3. On Piano the Blues Scale Looks Like and Sounds Like This:
C, D, E Flat, F, E Flat, A, B Flat and C
On Guitar the Blues Scale Looks Like and Sounds Like This:
HOW IS THE BLUES SCALE PLAYED
ON PIANO AND GUITAR?

4. On Piano the Key of C Look Like This:
On Piano the Key Of A Looks Like This:
On Piano the Key of G Looks Like This:
THE BLUES CHORDS IN THE KEY
OF C, A AND G
And Sounds Like This:
And Sounds Like This:
And Sounds Like This:

5. On Guitar the Key of C Looks Like This:
On Guitar the Key of A Looks Like This:
On Guitar the Key of G Looks Like This:
THE BLUES CHORDS IN THE KEY
OF C, A AND G

6. Walking Bass Line is a Style of Music That is Accompanied by the Bass,
Which Gives the Music a Quarter Note Beat. This is Commonly Played in Jazz
and Blues Music; Sometimes Even Classical.
WALKING BASS LINE

7. Walking Bass Line on Piano Looks Like This:
Walking Bass Line on Guitar Looks Like This:
HOW CAN THE WALKING BASS LINE
BE PLAYED ON PIANO AND GUITAR?
And Sounds Like This:
And Sounds Like This:

8. On Drums You Play Shuffle by Playing it Around the Eighth Note Triplets.
The First Four Notes Should be Played on a 2-4 Beat Pulse; While the Last
Two Notes are Played as a Half-Note Pulse.
On Drums When You Want to Play the “Swing” Feel it’s Basically Just Like
the Shuffle Except You Combine the Symbol With Your Drum. You Have to
Play The Song With a Swing-Laid Back Feel.
The Use of Triplets is That You Get to Rest in the Middle After Playing a
Three-Note Triplet Group. Triplets Allow the Musician to Give Music a
Rhythmic Pattern Without Clashing or Destroying the Rest of the Melody.
SHUFFLE, BASIC DRUM BEATS,
USE OF TRIPLETS IN BLUES

9. Tonic in Music is the Very First Degree on a Music Scale (the Keynote, Ex. C
is the Tonic Note in B Flat Concert Scale)
Subdominant in music is the Fourth Note on a Diatonic Scale
Dominant in Music is the Fifth Note on a Diatonic Scale and its Importance
is Right After the Tonic Note.
TONIC, SUBDOMINATE AND
DOMINATE TERMS IN MUSIC

10. Call and Response in Music is When One Person Starts a Note or Melody, Then the
Second Person Either Repeats What the First Person Did or Finishes it.
In Jazz Call and Response is Usually Just a Note Played and Then the Second Person
Repeats it. You Can Also Have Two People Play the Same Melody, Accept They
Would Play the Notes in Two Different Octaves (a High Octave and a Low Octave)
Here’s an Example of Call and Response in Jazz
CALL AND RESPONSE IN MUSIC
AND JAZZ

11. Trading Four is When Two or More Solo Instruments Play Back and Forth
Four Measures Each.
YouTube Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFjKk6gd-cM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WWg7SrMB-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtGedWqRxeE
TRADING FOURS

12. Introduction: The Beginning of a Blues Song Usually Starts Off With Singing, a Solo From an
Instrument or a Very Catchy Theme That Pulls in the Song or Explains the Main Melody of the Song
Statement of Head: The Statement of Head is Usually the Songs Main Theme or the Most Dramatic
Part of the Song
Improvised Lines: Improvised Lines in Music are Known as Musical Improvisation Which Combines
on How You Play Your Instrument With the Song and How You Feel With the Music and Other
Musicians.
Restatement of Head: When the Statement of the Head is Repeated or Restated.
Ending/Coda: A Coda is Played Right Before the Ending of a Song. You Play a Specific Set of
Measures and Once That Part is Played You Go Back to the Ending of the Song and Finish It.
INTRODUCTION, STATEMENT OF
HEAD, IMPROVISED LINES,
RESTATEMENT OF HEAD, AND
ENDING (CODA)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (CONT.)

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