Assignment Blue - Music Appreciation | MUS 1030, Study notes of Music Theory and Analysis

Download Assignment Blue - Music Appreciation | MUS 1030 and more Study notes Music Theory and Analysis in PDF only on Docsity! Name: _______________________________ MUS 1030 Blues Assignment Write your own blues! (25 points) Write a blues lyric consisting of three verses. (Note that each verse has three lines = aab.) The subject should be an event or experience in your own life (though it can be fictional if you wish). Write your lyric from a first person perspective (using “I, me,” etc.). Make sure you follow the correct poetic form and rhyme scheme of a standard 12-bar blues (aab). Here is an example: Got a pile of papers, gonna stay up all night to grade (a) I say, I got a pile of papers that I gotta stay up all night to grade (a) By the times I finish, tomorrow is gonna be today (b) I about run out of red ink; gonna need to switch to the blue (a) I tell you, I’m just about run out of red ink; gonna need to switch to that mean ole blue (a) I’m gonna drink an awful lot of coffee tonight before I’m half-way through (b) It’s cold in the room, and the light in here is pretty poor (a) You know, it’s doggone cold in this room, and the light in here is pretty poor (a) By the look of here pile, I won’t finish gradin’ at least till half-past four (b) The blues assignment is worth a total of 25 points as follows: ______Three verses (10) ______Correct poetic form with aab rhyme scheme (10) ______Use of first person perspective (5) ______Total score (25) ATTACH THIS RUBRIC AS THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR BLUES COMPOSITION.