Aim: to be able to recognise Blues instruments.

THE INSTRUMENTS
OF THE BLUES

What do we hear in the average

piece of Blues music?

Voice
Piano
Trumpet
Double bass
Anything to hold a steady beat

Langston Hughes

James Mercer Langston

Hughes (February 1, 1902 May 22,
1967) was an American poet, social
activist, novelist, playwright, and
columnist.
He was one of the earliest innovators of
the then-new literary art form jazz poetry.
He famously wrote about the period that
"Harlem was in vogue"

50/50 by Langston
Hughes
Im all alone in this world, she said,
Aint got nobody to share my bed,
Aint got nobody to hold my hand
The truth of the matters
I aint got no man.
Big Boy opened his mouth and said,
Trouble with you is
You aint got no head!
If you had a head and used your mind
You could have me with you
All the time.
She answered, Babe, what must I do?
He said, Share your bed
And your money, too.

What does this poem talk about?

What message is it trying to get
across?

Name That Instrument!

1.

5.

2.

6.

3.

7.

4.

8.

Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Acoustic guitar
Trumpet
Saxophone
Harmonica
Trombone
Double bass
Bass guitar
Electric guitar