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Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of "blue notes." It emerged in Black communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of African influence. "Blue notes," also known as "worried notes," are the typically flattened third, fifth, and seventh degrees in a major scale. This is what gives the blues its inherent minor tonality. From per… read more
Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of "blue notes." It emerged in Black communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call… read more
Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of "blue notes." It emerged in Black communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of African… read more

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1 Play track From Eden Hozier
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2 Play track The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King
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3 Play track I'd Rather Go Blind Etta James
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4 Play track Gravity John Mayer
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5 Play track Slow Dancing in a Burning Room John Mayer
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6 Play track Smokestack Lightnin' Howlin' Wolf
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7 Play track Still Got the Blues Gary Moore
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8 Play track Mannish Boy Muddy Waters
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9 Play track A Sunday Kind of Love Etta James
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10 Play track The Other Woman Lana Del Rey
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