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blues

vr.tr.blues · INF.MED

Let an agent explain the blues as a genre and form, describe its styles and history with attribution, support listening and playing, and identify notable artists and recordings.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the blues as a genre and form, describe its styles and history with attribution, support listening and playing, and identify notable artists and recordings.

A music genre and form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South in the late nineteenth century, built on the twelve-bar blues progression, blue notes and call and response, with regional and stylistic variants such as Delta, Piedmont, Chicago, Memphis, harmonica and acoustic blues, blues standards, and later fusions and African blues; blues shaped jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and is documented by historians and archives.

What it is for: A foundational African American music genre.

It can be explain the form and styles; describe history with attribution; support listening and playing; identify artists and recordings.

Distinguishing features

Blues form and scale

Call and response

Regional styles

Wide influence

What it looks like

Not physical; music heard in recordings and performance.

How it is recognised

Twelve-bar form and blue notes

African American origin

Jazz and rhythm and blues are related but distinct genres

Related models

is a kind of - category

popular music

is a kind of - category

music of North America

is related to - related genre

jazz

is related to - characteristic instrument

guitar

In practice

Families and kinds

Delta and country blues

Piedmont and Memphis blues

Chicago and electric blues

harmonica and acoustic blues

blues standards and blues-influenced genres

Standards and regulation

Copyright on recordings and compositions

Archival standards for recordings

Failure modes and hazards

Erasing African American origins

Reproducing lyrics beyond fair use

Oversimplifying regional styles

Also called

African bluesblues standardacoustic Chicago bluesharmonica bluesacoustic Memphis bluesChicago bluesjug bandtraditional bluespre-war bluescontemporary bluesDelta bluessongsters musicTexas bluesregional bluesclassic female bluesjump bluesItalian bluesurban bluesWest Coast bluesSt. Louis bluesNew York bluestwelve-bar bluesboogie-woogieKansas City bluessoul bluespiano bluesEast Coast bluesacid bluesFrench bluesArgentinian bluesgospel bluesCanadian bluesLouisiana bluesdirty bluesfife and drum bluesVenezuelan bluesholler bluesIndian bluesjuke joint blueselectric blues

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand The blues form.

Music.

Form

Form and elements.

Form

Form.

  1. What are the twelve-bar progression, blue notes, blues scale and call and response? definition
  2. How do lyrics typically work in the blues? definition

Styles

Styles.

Styles

Styles.

  1. How do Delta, Piedmont, Chicago, Memphis, harmonica and other blues styles differ? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific style? action
History History of the blues.

Attribution.

Origins

Origins.

Origins

Origins.

  1. How did the blues emerge from African American musical traditions in the Deep South, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which sources and archives document early blues? provenance

Influence

Influence.

Influence

Influence.

  1. How did the blues shape jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and other genres, and what is African blues? provenance
  2. How is credit to originating artists addressed? boundary
Play Playing and listening.

Practice.

Play

Playing the blues.

Play

Playing.

  1. How can someone learn to play blues on guitar, harmonica or piano, starting with the twelve-bar form? action
  2. Which blues standards are good starting points? provenance

Listen

Listening.

Listen

Listening.

  1. Which artists and recordings represent each style, according to critics and historians? provenance
  2. How can lyrics be discussed without reproducing them at length? boundary
Learn Teaching and culture.

Education.

Teach

Teaching the blues.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can the blues be taught musically and historically? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

Culture

Blues culture today.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How is the blues kept alive in festivals, museums and communities? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific festival? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each style be a separate entry?
  • How should discographies be linked?
  • How should archives be linked?
Draft as JSON