Definitions for blues
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1. bluesnoun

   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, vapoursnoun

   a state of depression

   "he had a bad case of the blues"

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1. bluesnoun

   A feeling of sadness or depression.

2. bluesnoun

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

3. bluesnoun

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

4. bluesnoun

   A musical composition following blues forms.

   My next number is a blues in G.

5. bluesnoun

   A uniform made principally of a blue fabric.

   The marched in their dress blues.

6. bluesnoun

   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.

Matched Categories

1. • Black Music
   • Depression
   • Folk Song

Anagrams for blues »

1. lubes

How to pronounce blues?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Duke Ellington:

   I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

2. Phil Lesh -LRB- bass -RRB-:

   The mainstream seems to be referencing '60s, '70s and '80s rock, rather than '30s, '40s, '50s blues and jazz and that sort of thing, our generation, the '60s 'jammers' let's say, our influences were people like Coltrane, and blues artists like Bobbie Bland, or Wilson Pickett or more of a roots-y thing. I think that young musicians today are more influenced by rock music. It's sort of narrowed down a little bit. That's not to say that it's not extremely expressive and diverse, but I don't sense a lot of roots involvement.

3. Your Happy Memories Porter:

   Say you come home with eight shades of blue, lay all the swatches out and compare them to each other. You will start to see the subtle differences between each color. Some of the blues lean toward green or aqua. Some are a denim shade. Some have a funky undertone that you just don’t like at all.

4. Ry Cooder:

   I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it.

5. Dale Katechis:

   When I got a peek inside of Veritas, around every corner, it just whacked me in the head : It reminded me of the early days of Oskar Blues.

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