Blue music was in the slavery time from the 1800 to 1900 century.

When the African people are focused to work in America, The journey on

the boat it took 4months to get to America.

Blue Music

By Harmony Bonner 8A2

Families were spit up, children did not see their parents and also husband and wife would not see their love ones.

12 Bar Blues and the Melody line

C=CEGAF=FACDG=GBDE

The picture show the 12 bar blues on an music sheet. It helps were the notes. It goes like this cccc ffcc gfcc . The 12 bar blues has no breaks only the melody line.

G G G Rest and count 1,2

C3 D C3 These 3 notes are played in quick succession

D# D C3 Rest and count 1,-8

The melody line is different to the 12 bar blues because the new notes are C3,D#,D and G.

The table shows how the melody line works different to the 12 bar blues.

Pinky-G-5th fingerThumb-C3-1st fingerIndex-D-2nd finger Middle-D#-3rd finger

The slaves to America This is the salve route map:The slaves were taken to America and there was the birth of blues music. The main instrument used was the drum. Also used were bones against buildings and anklets ratting they stomped in syncronisation.

Who created the bluesThe blues were made by African slaves. They sang about their troubles and how sad they were before people heard and adapted the blues so they can tell stories or sing about their troubles in life. They sing to stay sane and to keep part of their identity instead of purely being a slave to their master.

Modern BluesNowadays the more common themes for blues song are things like love and tragedy.