Obective: write at least of verse of your own blues lyrics, and submit to me on Teams or by e-mail.
Bonus: record yourself singing your blues
Due: Tuesday May 26
Many of you have learned a little bit about blues music before. This week, we will be following a lesson from the website MusicPlay to write our own blues lyrics: https://musicplayonline.com/modules/grade-6-lesson-4-blues/ the worksheet on step 5 is optional, but make sure to watch the bonus video by pressing the orange button in step 6.
The core element of most blues lyrics is an A-A-B pattern, meaning that the first 2 lines (A) repeat while the 3rd line (B) says something new. The ends of line A and line B usually rhyme. For example:
A) You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, crying all the time
A) You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, crying all the time
B) Well you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine.
Usually the A lines of a blues introduce a problem, and the B line can either makes the problem even worse or offer a solution to how you are going to try to solve the problem. Most blues songs have more than one verse. It is also ok to write blues form lyrics that are not about a problem.