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The Music Integration Blues
Who Am I?
Who are you?
At the end of this session..
WE will have developed some Strategies that use
the Blues as a tool to integrate music into the core Curriculum of our classrooms
What do We Know about the Blues?
African-American writer Ralph Ellison said ….
that although the blues are often about struggle and depression, they are also full of determination to overcome difficulty "through sheer toughness of spirit." This resilience in the face of hardship is one of the hallmarks of the blues poem.
Where do the Blues come from?
We don’t know for sure but…..
The Sound that Jazz Makes
The Objectives For the sound that Jazz makes Lesson Plan
The students will become familiar with important historical periods from an
african American perspective.
The students will be able to say where the Blues and other american musical
styles come from
The students will become familiar with the importance of African american
music and culture
Where do the Blues come from?
We Do know this
• The Blues are distinctly American
•They probably come from Field Hollers and work
songs•They dealt with hard
Times
We Also know
That the blues are the most important musical
root for all american popular music styles
Without the Blues there would be no•Rock n’ Roll
•Country•Rn’B
•Jazz•The Beatles
•Brittney Spears•Hip Hop
•Led Zeppelin
•Eric Clapton•Lady gaga
•Cold play
•Jonas Brothers
•Aretha Franklin
What do you think?
Alexander, Blues, and onomatopoeia.
Objectives for the Alexander Lesson Plan
The students will make connections between literature and music
The students will create onomatopoeia’s
The students will be introduced to the idea that anybody can write a blues
song and that the blues are an appropriate way to deal with sad
feelings.
What do you think?
Langston Hughes and the Blues Poem
http://www.milforded.org/schools/foran/turtola/hughesblues.html
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/hughes
Objectives for the Blues Poem Plan
The students will make connections between literature and music
The students will create a blues poem/song
The students Will become familiar with a distinctly american poetic Form
One of the most popular forms of American poetry, the blues poem stems from the African American oral tradition and the musical tradition of the blues. A blues poem typically takes on themes such as struggle, and despair, among others. It often (but not necessarily) follows a form, in which
1. a statement is made in the first line 2. a variation is given in the second line, 3. an ironic alternative is declared in the third line.
Teacher, what’s a variation?
Another Objective
vocabulary both musical
and non-musical
Homesick Blues
By Langston Hughes
De railroad bridge’sA sad song in de air.
De railroad bridge’sA sad song in de air.
Ever time de train passI wants to go somewhere.
I went down to de station.Ma heart was in ma mouth.
I went down to de station.Ma heart was in ma mouth.
Lookin’ for a box car toRoll me to da south.
Homesick blues, Lawd.‘Sa terrible thing to have.
Homesick blues isA terrible thing to have.
To keep from cryin’ I opens ma mouth an
laughs.
Now You write one
You don’t need to use the voice that he used
Use your own voice
Use your own material
If you have questions I will help
What do you think?