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"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

Anagrams for blues »

1. lubes

How to pronounce blues?

1. Alex

   US English

   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. Nathan Nickerson III almost:

   I'd like to give the blue lobster to the St. Louis aquarium out of respect to the St. Louis Blues, who won the championship, to show that Bruins fans have class.

2. Lucinda Williams:

   The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

3. 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.

4. Sarita Robinson:

   Getting outside and exercising is a good way of keeping your mood up -- and if you want to beat the blues exercising in nature is a great way to do that.

5. Edgar Berger:

   Joe Cocker is a legendary artist of rock and blues history and yet he was one of the most humble men I've ever met, his iconic voice will forever be etched in our memories and our thoughts go out to Joe’s wife Pam and his family at this difficult time. Joe will live on in the hearts of millions of fans around the world.

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