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- The blues is an American form of music whose origins can be traced back to the African-American communities of the southern states in the early 1900s...6 KB (768 words) - 03:49, 4 January 2023
- cities. By 1920, three major formats of blues were common: The 8 bar blues, the 12 bar blues and the 16 bar blues. Blues also developed various styles, or subgenres...11 KB (1,957 words) - 07:37, 14 December 2021
- The exercise below is a blues in C using seventh chords. The partial seventh chords below are to be played as stab chords. Play these partial chords on...2 KB (205 words) - 04:24, 3 October 2017
- standardized repertoire of music from the various blues genres (Piedmont, Delta, blues-rock, country blues) on a violin which may have been outfitted with...10 KB (1,450 words) - 18:15, 8 July 2011
- earliest references to the blues. As you can tell from the quote above the use of the slide in no late-comer to the blues genre and there is large body...4 KB (720 words) - 04:40, 3 October 2017
- a classical piece in a blue style or rock style, you are playing it as blues or rock — you are not playing classical music. While Jazz songs require...11 KB (1,814 words) - 16:59, 28 August 2011
- 'n' roll guitar style of the 1950s and rock 'n' roll evolved out of the blues and country 'n' western music of an earlier period. In all these genres...5 KB (674 words) - 04:43, 3 October 2017
- harmonica was designed to play mostly the blow notes and major chords, blues musicians had discovered the benefit of using other "positions", mainly...6 KB (1,217 words) - 17:53, 15 February 2020
- cover posts The construction of tremolo harmonicas and blues harps is very similar. However, blues harps traditionally have all blow reeds on one plate...3 KB (537 words) - 01:58, 13 May 2022
- music of Blues - in order to acquire that soulful sound, unique in soul music and Blues, a harmonica is needed. Thus, most people expect a Blues band to...2 KB (391 words) - 03:33, 4 October 2017
- some musicians, especially blues musicians, merely "suggest" the chord. For example, even in second position on a blues harp, there's no dominant-major...2 KB (384 words) - 18:02, 5 December 2019
- Guitar/Scales (section The Blues scale)study of scales should start with the major scales and minor scales or the blues and pentatonic scales. Unlike the piano where each semitone is represented...20 KB (2,802 words) - 06:44, 26 February 2024
- music itself has never stopped absorbing elements from other genres such as blues, ragtime, jazz, rock and contemporary folk. It is this vitality that has...5 KB (787 words) - 08:04, 4 May 2022
- Chord Progressions Alternate Picking Tremolo Picking Rhythm Folk Guitar Blues Slide Guitar Rock/Alternative Guitar Country and Western Metal Jazz Classical...4 KB (317 words) - 19:32, 13 May 2024
- musically accurate if playing on diatonic tunings (European tremolo and blues harp). However, this is a common technique employed over at Asia, where...5 KB (755 words) - 03:32, 4 October 2017
- some of the blues harpists have not learnt music theory, and thus, are unable to communicate with other musicians well. Also, since most blues harp players...8 KB (1,415 words) - 03:02, 7 December 2022
- blues and the thirty-two bar ballad. Both forms are used extensively in all genres. The blues and rock 'n 'roll genres both use the twelve-bar blues form...13 KB (2,190 words) - 22:38, 28 April 2022
- theory, specifically of the common practice period onwards, including jazz, blues, rock, and other modern styles. It focuses mostly on Western (i.e., Western...4 KB (198 words) - 07:32, 29 January 2023
- effects. For these reasons many guitar transcriptions for rock, jazz and blues, use both standard notation and tablature. You do not need to know how to...8 KB (1,230 words) - 22:37, 28 April 2022
- Bends are essential for blues and rock harmonica due to the soulful sound they add to the instrument - the famous "wail" of the blues harp typically requires...2 KB (384 words) - 15:21, 18 December 2023