New+Orleans

=FIRST STOP NEW ORLEANS=

1. Click here to look at a map from Trenton, Ohio to New Orleans, La! [|Map]

2. New Orleans is the birth place of RED HOT JAZZ! [|Jazz] 3. Click on this link and listen to the RED HOT JAZZ music of New Orleans. [|Red Hot]

4. Singing the Blues: Much of the music of New Orleans is rooted in the blues. Listen to a blues song at [|Blues] What was the name of the song you listened to? What year was it written in? What was the song about?

5. 12 Bars Blues: The 12 bar blues is the form that blues music is composed in. Follow this link to watch the **brain-pop movie** about the 12 bar blues. **You do not need to take the quiz.[|pop]** 6. We will be improvising music in the 12 bar blues form. You will need to know where the following notes are on a piano keyboard. C-Eb-F-F#-G-Bb-C Follow this link to find out where those notes are. [|Virtual Piano]