Glossary
| Blues | | Distinctly American musical genre, the folk musical style originated among African Americans in the rural South at the end of the 19th century. Due to its simplicity and flexibility, blues music has served as the foundation for nearly every new Western musical genre of the 20th century, including jazz, rock and popular music. A standard blues progression is played in a major scale and moves between the first, fourth and fifth chords of the scale. Often the lyrics refer to hardship and despair, but ultimately the purpose of the blues is cathartic: one plays the blues to rid oneself of the blues. |
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