BLUES MUSIC: Performance & Composition SOW

**A 10x lesson SOW on BLUES MUSIC featuring 5x lessons on ensemble performance and 5x lessons on composition.

Includes:**

• PPT guiding through every lesson with tasks, listening resources and YouTube clips
• Student workbook
• An adapted ensemble piece for all abilities
• Screenshots to guide students through creating a Blues piece on Sibelius

Lesson content:

1. Performance: recapping musical elements, the development of the blues, recapping pitch and rhythm, playing a simple piece
2. Performance: discovering the impact of the slave trade, listening task, 12-bar blues introduction
3. Performance: B.B King listening task, bass clef, walking bass
4. Performance: Bessie Smith listening task, improvisation, blues scale
5. Performance: Muddy Waters listening task, key features of Blues music, ensemble performance with success criteria
6. Composition: recap quiz, bass clef and 12 bar blues
7. Composition: B.B King video, creating a melody using blues scale
8. Composition: Bessie Smith video, creating a walking bass
9. Composition: Muddy Waters video, adding a drum groove
10. Composition: Complete composition with success criteria