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Blues
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Blues
Stylistic origins:
African American spirituals and work songs
Cultural origins:
West African music, brought by slaves to southern United States, especially the Mississippi Delta
Typical instruments:
Guitar - Piano - Harmonica - Bass - Drums - Saxophone - Vocals
Mainstream popularity:
The blues chord progressions and blue notes are widely used in most music styles of the 20th century; a highly influential music genre
Derivative forms:
jazz, R&B, rock
Subgenres
Classic female blues - Country blues - Delta blues - Jazz blues - Jump blues - Piano blues - Boogie-woogie
Fusion genres
Blues-rock - Soul blues - Jazz blues
Regional scenes
African blues - Atlanta blues - British blues - Chicago blues - Detroit blues - East Coast blues - Kansas City blues - Louisiana blues - Memphis blues - New Orleans blues - Piedmont blues - St. Louis blues - Swamp blues - Texas blues - West Coast blues
Other topics
Genres - Musicians - Origins - Blues scale
The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. It evolved in the United States in the communities of former African slaves, from spirituals, praise songs, field hollers, shouts, and chants. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of the blues' West African pedigree. The blues influenced later American and Western popular music, as it became part of the genres of ragtime, jazz, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, country music and pop songs.