Noun
- A feeling of sadness or depression. Generally used with the.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- : If we had been allowed to sit idle we should all have fallen into the blues...
- One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
- : Your blues is just like mine.
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...Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre created within the African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballad. The blues form which is ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll is characterized by the use of specific chord progressions — the twelve-bar blues chord progressions being the most frequently encountered — and the blue note that for expressive purposes are sung or played flattened or gradually bent in relation to the pitch of the major scale. Read full entry
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Blues.....?
What is Blues?Can somebody
tell me that and tell me some
blues music please!!
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Only the best type of music that ANY modern rock has originated from... Blues is about tradition and personal expression. At its core, the blues has remained the same since its inception. Most blues feature simple, usually three-chord, progressions and have simple structures that are open to endless improvisations, both lyrical and musical. The blues grew out of African spirituals and worksongs. In the late 1800s, southern African-Americans passed the songs down orally, and they collided with American folk and country from the Appalachians. New hybrids appeared by each region, but all of the recorded blues from the early 1900s are distinguished by simple, rural acoustic guitars and pianos. After World War II, the blues began to fragment, with some musicians holding on to acoustic traditions and others taking it to jazzier territory. However, most bluesmen followed Muddy Waters' lead and played the blues on electric instruments. From that point on, the blues continued to develop in new directions -- particularly on electric instruments -- or it has been preserved as an acoustic tradition. |
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What or how do you write a I need to write a poem, but
need more information on the
format of a Blues poem or
Affirmation poem. What exactly
is a blues and affirmation
poem? HELP!
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Poetic Form: Blues Poem One of the most popular forms of American poetry, the blues poem stems from the African American oral tradition and the musical tradition of the blues. A blues poem typically takes on themes such as struggle, despair, and sex. It often (but not necessarily) follows a form, in which a statement is made in the first line, a variation is given in the second line, and an ironic alternative is declared in the third line. African-American writer Ralph Ellison said that although the blues are often about struggle and depression, they are also full of determination to overcome difficulty "through sheer toughness of spirit." This resilience in the face of hardship is one of the hallmarks of the blues poem. Some of the great blues poets include Sterling A. Brown, James Weldon Johnson, and Langston Hughes. The title poem of Hughes’ first book, The Weary Blues, is also an excellent example of a blues poem. It begins: "Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other night By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light He did a lazy sway . . . "Another example is Brown's poem "Riverbank Blues," which begins: "A man git his feet set in a sticky mudbank, A man git dis yellow water in his blood, No need for hopin', no need for doin', Muddy streams keep him fixed for good."Contemporary poet Kevin Young is continuing the tradition; his most recent book, Jelly Roll, is a collection that draws heavily on the blues tradition. Young is the editor of the recent anthology, Blues Poems. ============================== ========== Write an Instant "Writer's Affirmation" Poem Method: Line 1 I am creative Line 2 I value Line 3 I write Line 4 I trust Line 5 I honor Line 6 I give voice to Line 7 I give voice to Line 8 I am Line 9 I make Line 10 I hold Line 11 I am safe writing on the page Line 12 I make my home a place to write Sample: I am creative I value the artist in me I write what's in my heart and head I trust the nature of my truth I honor my kind audience I give voice to what haunts I give voice to what heals I am open to inspiration I make a place for creative expression I hold the outcome in high esteem I am safe writing on the page I make my home a place to write |
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What are three good blues I want to try playing some
blues. So far I have been
playing classical and a few
light jazz standards only.
What is a good source for
clarinet jazz tunes?
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Look on saxshed.com - I know it is a saxophone site, but if you look on transcriptions, you will find several for clarinet. |
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