This is the last Blues/Born in the USA lesson. Next Week is Project Week.
Rehearse the 12 Bar Blues Pattern:
Cccc Cccc Cccc Cccc Ffff Ffff Cccc Cccc Gggg Ffff Cccc Cccc. Notice that the first note of each 4 isplayed more strongly. It is the first beat of the Bar.
A “Walking Blues Bass line” has many challenges.
C e g a A# (Bb) a g e C e g a Bb a g e, F a c d D# d c a C e g a Bb a g e, G b d e,
F a c d, C e g a Bb a g e .
Please remember to make a beautiful open, ringing sound – by allowing the Chime to vibrate.
You will notice that the later versions of the 12 Bar Blues (after 1934) may end not on the home Key (C – tonic) but on the dominant (G).
We are REHEARSING for our Harvest Assembly.
Watch our for the opening rhythms (the starting words) of each line. They are not always the same in each verse- these are called ANACRUSIS.
Harvest Shanty
The Wellerman (Multi Instrumental Cover)
There once was a harvest festival
To gather foodstuffs for the community
So bring them up, and put them down
They go to the stage, they go!
Beans, cake, some cabbages, ham,
And bring some sugar and tea and spam,
Today, when we’ve got all we can,
To the food bank we will go.
Rice and corn and beets and cheese,
All you can give will make us pleased
Potatoes, pears, and salt and peas
On to the stage they go!
Beans, cake, some cabbages, ham,
And bring some sugar and tea and spam,
Today, when we’ve got all we can,
To the food bank we will go.
Self-cleaning products welcome too,
Toothbrush, shower gel and shampoo
Nappies and paper for the loo
To the food bank we will go.
Beans, cake, some cabbages, ham,
And bring some sugar and tea and spam,
Today, when we’ve got all we can,
To the food bank we will go.
The farmers sow, then reap the corn
They start their day first thing at dawn
There’s maize and wheat as well as corn
Onto the stage they go!
Beans, cake, some cabbages, ham,
And bring some sugar and tea and spam,
Today, when we’ve got all we c an,
To the food bank we will go.
Cans and tins and packets there are
To help out people not too far
Could be a bottle, could be a jar
To the food bank we will go.
INTRUMENTAL
Beans, cake, some cabbages, ham,
And bring some sugar and tea and spam,
Today, when we’ve got all we can,
To the food bank we will go.
Our thanks to you for sharing well
Of your kindness, we will tell
With shop-bought stuff and things that grow
To the food bank we will go.
Beans, cake, some cabbages, ham,
And bring some sugar and tea and spam,
Today, when we’ve got all we can,
To the food bank we will go.
INSTRUMENTAL
Beans, cake, some cabbages, ham,
And bring some sugar and tea and spam,
Today, when we’ve got all we can,
To the food bank we will go.
Last verse – tambourines only
Where next? We could think about:
Can You take the lead in a performance?
• Can You take on a solo part?
• Can You provide rhythmic support? Tuned and Untuned percussion.
• Can You perform parts from memory?
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