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Introduce the sound and “feel” of The Blues early on through listening material. That way written material will have more meaning. In teaching The Blues, I found that using Moby’s album Play on the Mute Label (Mute, CDSTUMM172) as a listening resource was a good way of bridging the gap between the old and the new. Students are likely to be conscious of Blues characteristics without even being aware of the fact.A variety of extension activities could be developed for this area. For example students can be encouraged to:
The All Music Web site (http://www.allmusic.com) contains some excellent essays and biographies regarding The Blues. You might like to use these as handouts or as references to other important Blues artists. A Few Further Links: Blues Online: http://mathrisc1.lunet.edu/blues/blues.html The Blues Music Page: http://www.fred.net/turtle/blues.shtml Blueslinks: http://www.bluesworld.com/Blueslinks.html#BLUESLINKS
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compose a Blues melody, either vocal or instrumental incorporating
Blues characteristics such as blue notes, slides, bends, moans and
wails.
