Tuesday

 Today we are going to begin "Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird".

http://musicalperceptions.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-sing-blues.html 


 

New Vocabulary

Pedantry
Odious
Luxuriant
Dictum
Cacophony
Proclivity
Proboscis
Stratum
Mausoleum
Marionette
Phoenix

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