Year 7 MUSIC revision sheet: Performing Blues Together

THE ELEMENTS of MUSICMUSICAL DEVICES

Key Word / Definition / Key Word / Definition
Tempo / Fast or Slow / Swing Rhythm / A style of rhythm played in Jazz & Blues Music-also referred to as the SHUFFLE rhythm.
Texture / Thick or Thin / Improvisation / A performance created as it is played (i.e. make it up on the spot).
Timbre / The sound or tone of the instruments/voices / Chord / Two or more notes played at the same time.
Pitch / High or Low / Blues Scale / An arrangement of 6 specific notes played in order of pitch from lowest to highest or vice versa, containing “blue” notes.
Dynamics / Loud or Soft / Blues / A musical style developed among African Americans in the Southern states of the USA in the early 20th Century. It is characterised by repeated use of ‘blues notes’ and melancholy lyrics.
Duration / Long or Short / Stride Bass / A musical device with leaping between the bass and harmony notes in the left hand part of a piano arrangement.
Structure / How the music is put together / Walking Bass / A bass part in 4/4 time in which a note is played on each beat of the bar and which typically moves up and down the scale in small steps.
Silence / To create dramatic effect/suspense in the music / Accompaniment / A vocal or instrumental part that supports another.

MUSICAL SIGNS & SYMBOLS C=I F=IV G=V

/ MIDDLE C / /
/ BASS CLEF for low pitch instruments and the left hand when playing the keyboard
/ TREBLE CLEF for high pitch instruments and the right hand when playing the keyboard
/ The TIME SIGNATURE tells us how many beats there are in a bar
/ Accidentals: a FLAT sign lowers the note by one semitone, a SHARP sign highers the note by one semitone and a NATURAL sign restores the note to it’s original pitch.

12 Bar Blues in C Chords on the Keyboard

CHORD I CHORD IV CHORD V

12 Bar Blues in C Chords on the Ukulele

Pitch names of notes and note values

Learn the 5 steps to the perfect evaluation

  1. Write a full sentence explaining what your musical performance or music composition was about.
  2. Explain what you were trying to communicate to an audience and how you did it
  3. Pick out at least two moments that worked really well, using specific examples and say what you did that made them successful.
  4. Pick out one moment that you could make better. Explain why it needed improving and how you would make it better if you did your performance again.
  5. Sum up your evaluation and discuss one thing that you will take forward into your next work.