Here’s a good way to introduce younger students to an accessible, attainable blues style. While “Boo Da-Be Da-Be” is marked at a quick tempo (170–190 bpm), students will have ample opportunity to learn how to swing eighth notes at slower rehearsal tempos and how the same swung eighth notes start to straighten out as the speed increases.
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