When you think, 'I want to join a jazz session!', the first thing recommended to you is the 'blues'.You are often taught, 'You can play the blues with just a pentatonic scale!', but when you actually ...

A practical Year 8 lesson focused on developing confidence in improvisation, where students experiment with musical ideas over the 12-bar blues using rhythm, phrasing, and expressive note choices.

A practical Year 8 lesson where students develop melodic ideas and improvisation skills within the 12-bar blues, using blue notes and rhythmic variation to create expressive musical phrases. This ...