Today I wanted to share this small part of the Restyling The Blues project from the GarageBand, Soundtrap and Bandlab Lesson Plans & Teacher Tips course: the lesson on how to write blues lyrics. In the GarageBand, Soundtrap and Bandlab Lesson Plans & Teacher Tips course once students have created their blues backing track, they look at the standard lyrics structure used by many blues songs – the traditional AAB pattern – and write their own lyrics. There are traditional blues examples as well as contemporary/popular style songs. Here’s a Spotify playlist I put together with examples of songs that use the 12 bar blues progression in all, or part of the song. In the course (which is available to all members of the Midnight Music Community), students learn to create a blues progression “with a twist”: their blues backing can be in any musical style they like! After listening to examples of songs that use the 12 bar blues progression, they use the virtual instruments in GarageBand, Soundtrap or Bandlab to create their own unique style. I’ve recently been working on my GarageBand, Soundtrap and Bandlab Lesson Plans and Teacher Tips Course (yep, the title is a mouthful!) and in module 3 we learn how to record a 12 bar blues backing using a virtual keyboard instrument, bass guitar and a drum track. The 12 Bar Blues are a popular choice when it comes to teaching form, chord structure, chord progressions and songwriting to students.
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