The Blues
The Blues is an African-American-bred form of music born out of the slave songs from the fields of plantations, where blacks, freed and enslaved, were forced to work in American history. These songs were often the only outlet for the field workers to vent their frustrations with unfair treatment, violence and marginalization that was so much a part of life in the United States for them.
Write a Blues Song
Click here to access the assignment, Blues Song Assignment. You will try your hand at writing a blues song in the traditional blues lyrical format.
blues_song_assignment.docx
blues_song_assignment.docx