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WorksheetsYear 8 Blues
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Blues originated from in what country?
Jamaica
UK
America
Russia
The 12 bar blues is how many bars long?
12
24
36
6
What three chords are in the 12 bar blues?
I, III, VII
I, II, III
I, IV, V
V, VI, VII
The walking bass line is most often played by which instrument?
Trumpet
Keyboard
Electric guitar
Bass guitar or double bass
True or False: When playing the walking bass, each note is played on the beat which rises and falls in pitch.
True
False
What is the bass line called that goes up and down in pitch?
12 Bar Blues
Walking Bass
Improvisation
Work Song
What notes are used for improvisation?
G, F# and E
The Blues Scale
Black Notes
A Major Scale
Improvisation is....
creating music from a selection of notes on the spot.
playing chords.
repeating a rhythm.
playing notes up and down a scale.
The example above is an example of what?
A walking bass
A blues scale
Improvisation
The 12 bar blues
Which are the notes of a blues scale?
G, B-flat, C, D-flat, D, F, G
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C
D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D
The work songs of the slaves often used what music technique?
Scales
Call and Response
The Electric Slide
Opera
The blues helped in the development of popular music styles such as jazz, swing, early Rock and Roll and which style?
Rhythm and Blues
Opera
Concerto
Baroque
What is another word for "sad"?
Happy
Blue
Anxious
Crazy
True or False: The 12 bar blues and walking bass can never be played together.
True
False
What is this instrument?
Guitar
Harp
Trumpet
Double Bass
The 12 Bar Blues has how many different chords?
3
1
4
5
True or False: When you improvise your performance will always be different each performance.
True
False
What is the best way to perform a walking bass on the keyboard?
Use a different finger for each note with as little hand movement as possible.
Only use your index finger for each note.
Use two hands.
Do not play it, it is too difficult.
What is the easiest and best way to improvise?
Play only the black notes.
Repeat one note.
Play up and down the blues scale.
Divide the blues scale into groups of three notes and move between each group.
Which artist is a famous blues singer and guitar player?
Taylor Swift
The Wright Brothers
BB King
Dr. Dre
