Next Creation Assignment: Improvisation on the 12-bar Blues Progression
1. Ms. Simmons will teach a lesson on the 12-bar blue and hand out some stuff.
2. On your own, visit the following
...read all about the standard blues progressions and their deviations.
3. By Monday, Feb 27 you must play "live" for Ms. Simmons the Blues Scale. This is easy.
4. By Wednesday, Feb 29 , you must play "live" for Ms. Simmons the basic RH chord progression of the 12 bar blues, and the LH bass line. You can play these hands separately. Once you can play them live, make a new song with them in GarageBand, each one in its own track (see example in the AMM folder).
FIRST YEAR ASSIGNMENT:
By Friday, March 2 you must create an improvisation over the 12-bar blues you recorded. You may choose one or more different instruments to perform your solo improvisation, but you must use the upright bass/piano as back-up. The improvisation must be at least 36 bars long (eg, 3 times through the progression) (see example in the AMM folder). You may add percussion, change tempo, and have more than 36 bars, but you cannot change the chord progression given. We will perform these on Friday March 2.
SECOND YEAR ASSIGNMENT:
You are going to write your own chord progression. It can have as many chords as you want but the basic progression should be 12 bars long. Some websites to get you started:
Once you have written your progression and played your bed track in to Garage Band, your requirements are the same. By Friday, March 2 you must create an improvisation over the 12-bar progression you recorded. You may choose one or more different instruments to perform your solo improvisation, but you must use the upright bass/piano as back-up. The improvisation must be at least 36 bars long (eg, 3 times through the progression) (see example in the AMM folder). You may add percussion, change tempo, and have more than 36 bars, but you cannot change the chord progression given. We will perform these on Friday March 2.
