Definitions for blues
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blues(noun)

   a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes

2. blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours(noun)

   a state of depression

   "he had a bad case of the blues"

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1. blues(Noun)

   A feeling of sadness or depression.

2. blues(Noun)

   One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.

3. blues(Noun)

   A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale.

4. blues(Noun)

   A musical composition following blues forms.

   My next number is a blues in G.

5. blues(Noun)

   A uniform made principally of a blue fabric.

   The marched in their dress blues.

6. blues(Noun)

   Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit.

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1. Blues

   Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States around the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll is characterized by specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues chord progression is the most common. The blue notes that, for expressive purposes are sung or played flattened or gradually bent in relation to the pitch of the major scale, are also an important part of the sound. The blues genre is based on the blues form but possesses other characteristics such as specific lyrics, bass lines, and instruments. Blues can be subdivided into several subgenres ranging from country to urban blues that were more or less popular during different periods of the 20th century. Best known are the Delta, Piedmont, Jump, and Chicago blues styles. World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of blues music to a wider audience, especially white listeners. In the 1960s and 1970s, a hybrid form called blues-rock evolved.

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1. lubes

How to pronounce blues?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blues in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blues in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of blues in a Sentence

1. Carl DeHaven:

   Outta Da' Blue We all have experiences that are sudden occurrences. When the..."Where'd that come from" question arises, we ask others for input but sooner or later we should answer it ourselves. Being "blind sided" is being caught of guard. That's not always a not so good event. I was " blindsided" by Judy's presence. That was a good thing. When we choose to be of aware mind and flexible to changes, we are more enabled to handle... Da' outta da' blues as they surely occur. KnowyerLoved, CWD

2. Gary Zimet:

   They are not quite as important, as iconic, 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' is certainly a major, major song but not in the same league as 'The Times They Are A-Changin'.

3. Keith Richards ':

   There's something incredibly powerful about the blues -- the raw blues. But then, there isn't a piece of popular music probably that you've heard that hasn't in some weird way been influenced by the blues, i think it's probably the original musical form in the world, when it comes down to it.

4. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:

   Coffee with a friend a day keeps the blues away

5. George Brainard:

   The idea of the title was that it was more like the title of a song, there's a real sort of musical aspect to this scene, and (my friend and I) liked the idea of the title being something that was more like a blues song and that would have that sort of energy to go along with this gritty, real, ultra-realism kind of feel.

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