Let's Write a Blues Song - Black History Month Music Genre

Are you looking for a way to observe Black History Month or enhance Music Genre Studies? This student-centered Blues resource is great to project and teach from your interactive board or assign through Easel Activities with Audio clips. Original blues lyrics are included to assist you in teaching the formula for writing blues lyrics, rhythm patterns and instrumental parts for traditional 12-bar blues songs. In this resource you will find charts for emerging musicians of any age.

• Voice
• Piano
• Barred instruments (Orff)
• Boomwhackers
• Recorder
• Ukulele
• Guitar
• Drum
• Small percussion (you decide and assign)

Easel Activities allow you to customize this resource to fit the needs of your students. Add annotations, directions and additional audio clips if needed. Delete the pages you prefer not to use and reorganize the pages you choose. Assign to your students, encouraging them to create their own lyrics or add notes to their instrumental parts. Classes with 1:1 devices can follow along as you engage the whole class activity. This deck is created 16:9 for wide screen to be device friendly. Have it your way and have fun writing a blues song.