The cards Question What is the 12-bar blues? Tap to flip Answer The standard chord sequence used in blues music Question Which three chords does the 12-bar blues use (in C)? Tap to flip Answer C, F and G Question What is a chord? Tap to flip Answer Two or more notes played at the same time, usually as three notes in a triad Question What guitar technique uses a slide or bottleneck to slide up the strings? Tap to flip Answer Slide (bottleneck) guitar Question Which guitar technique helps give blues its 'bluesy' sound? Tap to flip Answer Slide (bottleneck) guitar Question Give one instrument often heard in blues besides vocals, piano and guitar. Tap to flip Answer e.g. double bass, drum kit, harmonica, saxophone or brass Question When learning the 12-bar blues, which phrase length helps you remember the sequence? Tap to flip Answer 4-bar phrases Question What is an ensemble? Tap to flip Answer A group of musicians performing together, e.g. a choir, band or orchestra Question What does it mean to improvise? Tap to flip Answer To create music or a musical idea on the spot Question What is syncopation? Tap to flip Answer When the rhythm emphasises (accents) notes in between the main beats Question What is a riff? Tap to flip Answer A short repeated musical idea used in popular music Question In music, what is the bass? Tap to flip Answer The lowest pitched part in the music Question What are the four main instrumental roles in a blues ensemble? Tap to flip Answer Melody, chords, bass and drum groove Question In blues, who often performs the melody? Tap to flip Answer A singer Question In a blues ensemble, is it only the drums that drive the music forward? Tap to flip Answer No: different instruments can drive it, and all players in the ensemble share that job Question What does syncopation do in blues music? Tap to flip Answer It drives the music forward and helps create a blues feel Question What is boogie-woogie? Tap to flip Answer An upbeat style of blues music, and the name of its piano accompaniment pattern Question What is the key instrument in boogie-woogie? Tap to flip Answer The piano Question The boogie-woogie piano pattern is said to sound like what? Tap to flip Answer A train Question What is tremolo? Tap to flip Answer Rapidly alternating between two notes, giving a trembling effect Question What does staccato mean? Tap to flip Answer Playing notes in a short, detached way Question In the boogie-woogie pattern, which note of the chord stays the same? Tap to flip Answer The root (the 5th rises and falls) Question What is the blues scale? Tap to flip Answer A scale typically used in blues music, using blue notes that give blues its distinctive sound Question What are blue notes? Tap to flip Answer The lowered (flattened) notes in the blues scale, typically the 3rd, 5th and 7th Question What does a flat do to a note? Tap to flip Answer Lowers it by a semitone Question Which flats does the C blues scale include? Tap to flip Answer E flat, G flat and B flat Question What is a motif? Tap to flip Answer A short musical idea that recurs throughout a piece of music Question Is improvisation random? Tap to flip Answer No: it is composing on the spot but based on a scale or set of notes, typical rhythms and chord sequences Question A successful improvisation often develops from what? Tap to flip Answer An initial motif Question What does 'idiomatic' mean in music? Tap to flip Answer Appropriate to the style, e.g. blues music using blues features Question What is the AAB phrase structure? Tap to flip Answer A first phrase (A) is repeated, then followed by a contrasting phrase (B) Question When a piano plays in octaves, what does it play? Tap to flip Answer The same note 8 notes apart Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 Music Unit The 12-bar blues England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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