12+Bar+Blues+Resources

==Great info from == http://www.midnightmusic.com.au/2012/10/41-free-resources-for-teaching-the-12-bar-blues/

==[|41 Free Resources for Teaching the 12 Bar Blues] == Posted on October 16th, 2012 in [|Music Tech Tips]. The 12 bar blues has long been a favourite amongst music educators for teaching form, triads, the blues scale, cyclical chord progressions and music history. Here are some of my favourite online music resources:

===Background information === 1. Carnegie Hall [|history of African American Music]. Includes an interactive timeline with historical information and listening examples. 2. Wikipedia [|Blues history article]. 3. The [|Gullah Net website] includes information about the evolution of blues music and how it influenced other styles. Head to [|Gullah Music] and then visit [|the Journey section] for an interactive map. 

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">4. List of blues styles (including artist examples, further reading and recommended listening) https://www.bluescentric.com/blues/styles/ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">5. The Bluescentric <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|interactive timeline] (see image below). <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069b2; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">Blues Musicians === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">6. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|List of blues musicians] (includes some biographies) on Bluescentric <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Wikipedia <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|list of blues musicians]

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">Blues Songs Lists and Listening Examples === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">8. A <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|collection of links to recordings] of 12 bar blues examples on Blues Imrpov. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">9. The Wikipedia list of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|blues standards] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">10. Visit the iTunes store and search “blues” to find hundreds of blues examples. You can play 90 seconds of each track before purchasing it. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">11. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Clips from the 7-part PBS series] The Blues.

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">Blues Instruments === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">12. The Bluescentric <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|list of instruments] commonly played by blues musicians

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">Memorable performances === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">Well this section could have been VERY long so I’ve chosen just a handful of songs. Most of the songs listed are in the 12 bar blues format. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">13. WC Handy (known as the “father of the blues”) – <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Memphis Blues] and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|St Louis Blues]. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">14. Mamie Smith singing the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Harlem Blues] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">15. Glenn Miller and his band playing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|In The Mood] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">16. B.B. King <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|The Thrill Is Gone] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">17. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Rock Me Baby] featuring BB King, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and Jim Vaughan. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">18. James Brown singing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|I Feel Good] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">19. Herbie Hancock doing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Watermelon Man]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">Music theory === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">20. The Wikipedia article on <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|how the 12 bar blues is constructed] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">21. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|The blues section] of Marc Sabatella’s Jazz/improvisation primer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">22. Wikipedia article about <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|the blues scale].

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">How-To-Play Resources === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">23. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Lessons (mostly for guitarists)] on Youtube. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">24. One <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|good example of a blues guitar lesson] (by Next Level Guitar) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">25. Fantastic video lesson series of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|30 Must-Have Blues Piano Licks] which includes videos, sheet music, MIDI files and backing tracks at different speeds

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">Blues Dictionary === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">26. Having trouble working out the meaning of those blues lyrics? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|This blues dictionary] might help (warning: content may not be suitable for all age groups)

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">Blues Games === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">27. Play a little <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Desktop blues]. Click on the Click Here button to start and then make sure to turn on the radio by clicking the appropriate button so that the backing track plays. You can then click on the coloured squares to “improvise” guitar licks and vocals. The vocals seem to work best: it’s difficult to get the guitar parts in time with the backing, but the vocals sound OK if the timing is “free”. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069b2; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">28. Ever wondered what your blues name is? Use this <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|blues name generator] to find out [in case you're wondering, mine is Curly Bad Boy Bailey].

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">Lesson plans and ideas === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">28. Discover a range of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|lesson plans] to accompany the PBS series The Blues. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">29. Soundtree lesson plan for <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|improvising the blues in the keyboard lab] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">30.Smartboard interactive whiteboard Notebook file The Blues by Mrs Alison Friedman. Visit <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|this page], scroll down the the 4th grade section and download The Blues file from the end of the list. If you don’t have Notebook software, you can open the file using <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|SMART Notebook Express]. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">31. Discover the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|secret code hidden in many blues songs] on the Gullah Music website. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">32. Learn about <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|rhythms and percussion instruments used in blues music] and then create your own “remix”.

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">Creative Activities === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">33. Using a software program like GarageBand, Acid Music Studio, Mixcraft, Sonar Home Studio or the GarageBand app on the iPad, have students create their own 12 bar blues backing. They can then play or sing a melody based on the blues scale over the top. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">34. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Write your own blues lyrics] on the Gullah Music website <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069b2; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">35. Visit <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|the Quaver Music website] and use the QStrum tool to create a 12 bar blues backing using chords and preset rhythmic patterns. Students will need to sign up with an email address in order to use the resource, but it’s well worth it (there are many excellent music tools available in addition to QStrum). Click on Kids Enter Here and sign up (or log in) to get started. Next, enter the Studio and choose QStrum (hover your mouse over the screen until you find it!). Using the QStrum tool, students can easily build their 12 bar blues backing using rhythmic patterns and chords and you can play it back using the controls at the top of the screen (extension activity: create a bass part and write some lyrics). <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069b2; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303234; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">Useful Images === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">Add some visual interest to your own prepared materials by using these images in your Powerpoint or Keynote files and worksheets. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve been a fan of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Philip Martin] for quite some time now. He is an artist who creates beautiful clipart for teachers and he has a number of images that would be useful for a unit of work on the blues, including these ones: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069b2; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">36. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Drummer] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">37. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Guitarist] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">38. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Guitar] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">39. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Jazz] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">40. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Fats Domino]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">41. You can also find a range of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0069b2; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Creative Commons licensed blues music images] on Flickr (see below) by using the search tool Compfight (ignore the few in the top section – paid advert) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069b2; font-family: droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,droid-sans-1,droid-sans-2,'Myriad Web Pro','Myriad Pro',Tahoma,Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">