AoS5 Structure and Form

The 12-Bar Blues

Listen to Mess Around by Ray Charles on YouTube
Complete the chart by adding the chords and/or the Roman numerals to
reflect the
chords used in the YouTube clip:
Eb
I

Eb
I

IV

IV

Eb
I
Eb
I

Eb
I

Eb
I

1. What are some of the instruments that the voice does call and
response with?
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2. What is the name of the section that happens at the beginning of
the music just before the singer starts to sing?
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3. What word would you use to describe the structure of this 12-bar
blues song because it uses repeated sections in a regular and
predictable way?

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Below, list any other typical jazz and blues features that you know of: