Music Unit - Resources

Blues

Alabama Blues Project - education http://www.alabamablues.org/educationprograms.htm How to play Blues Harmonica http://www.bluesharp.ca/lessons/harmonica_lessons.html A short History of the Blues http://www.history-of-rock.com/blues.htm A lesson plan for Blues (at the bottom) http://www.teachersnetwork.org/TeachNet/arts.cfm Music of cultures and countries - http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/cultures.html

Spiritual Music

http://www.negrospirituals.com/ old negro siritual Soon I will be done http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKUMvRt4Uag

Mahalia Jackson - Amazing Grace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJg5Op5W7yw

Follow the drinking gourd - http://www.followthedrinkinggourd.org/ supposedly encodes the map to freedom from memphis up the ohio river

Griot Music

African Griots Live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQMFN-whbEU

Kora music from West African Griot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNl8kIwj1_k

Fanna Soro building a bellophon http://www.bctf.ca/GlobalEd/music/yamo2.html and playing it http://www.bctf.ca/GlobalEd/music/balaphon56.html

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