Next Creation Assignment: Improvisation on the 12-bar Blues Progression

FIRST YEAR ASSIGNMENT:

By Tuesday, Feb 25,  you must create an improvisation over the 12-bar blues progression provided in the AMM folder. 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 4M1 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 Tuesday, Feb 25.  

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:

Common Keyboard Progressions

Keyboard Progressions and How to Play Them

Once you have written your progression and played your bed track in to Garage Band, your requirements are the same. By Tuesday, Feb 25 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 4M1 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 Tuesday, Feb 25.