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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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