Eduqas GCSE Music: AoS2: Blues and Jazz

Many music teachers don’t feel as confident teaching Blues and Jazz at Key Stage 4, as many don’t have any background in these musics.

This 100-page PPT covers Blues and Jazz, with a focus on KS4 knowledge.

This resource should cover 3–4 lessons.

It covers all main musical features of Blues and Jazz, including:

• Walking Bass
• Extended Harmony
• AABA 32-Bar Song Form
• Improvisation
• Scat Singing
• Blue Notes
• …and loads more.

There are lots of min-tests throughout the course, practical activities, plus three practice exam questions at the end, worth 6, 8 and 10 marks respectively.

Great examples, as YouTube videos, including diverse music by:

• Ana Popovic
• Muddy Waters
• Larkin Poe
• Freddie King
• Leroy Carr
• Duke Ellington
• Buddy Holly
• Samara Joy
• Mance Lipscombe
• Nina Simone
• Shakura
• Jimmy Rushing
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
• JJ Johnson
• Charlie Parker
• Andrea Motis
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Frank Rosolino
• Regina Carter
• Wynton Marsalis
• Jack Teagarden
• Louis Armstrong
• Mel Tormé
• Cleo Laine
• Django Reinhardt
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Dee Dee Bridgewater
• John Coltrane
• …and Thelonious Sphere Monk!

This massive resource comes as a complete 100-page PowerPoint, and an accompanying 16-page student workbook (PDF).

Please look at my resources for other parts of the Eduqas GCSE course: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ