Violin - Grade 3
SKU:
AP.50642
Composed by
Mark Wood. Sheet; Solo.
Mark Wood Series. Rock.
Score. 6 pages. Alfred
Music #00-50642.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.50642).
ISBN
9781470652517. UPC:
038081574967.
English.
String
Thang by Mark Wood is
based on the twelve-bar
blues. The blues has deep
roots in American
history, developed out of
the work songs and chants
of African-American
slaves. The Great
Migration of the first
half of the 20th century
saw freed slaves and
their descendants move to
northern and eastern
parts of the U.S., taking
their music with them.
The blues took on
different forms; in turn
it helped to create rock,
jazz, hip-hop, and other
popular genres. A
twelve-bar blues uses a
repeating chord
progression which allows
musicians to express
themselves creatively
with each recurrence. If
anything defines the
blues, it is the use of
blue notes---pitches that
don't usually belong in a
given key---and elements
of improvisation.
