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2. Blues scale - Wikipedia

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   A major feature of the blues scale is the use of blue notes—notes that are played or sung microtonally, at a slightly higher or lower pitch than standard. [5] However, since blue notes are considered alternative inflections, a blues scale may be considered to not fit the traditional definition of a scale. [6]

3. Blue note - Wikipedia

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   Blue notes (in blue): ♭ 3, (♯ 4)/ ♭ 5, ♭ 7. The blue notes are usually said to be the lowered third, lowered fifth, and lowered seventh scale degrees. [1][2][3] The lowered fifth is also known as the raised fourth. [4] Though the blues scale has "an inherent minor tonality, it is commonly 'forced' over major-key chord changes, resulting ...

4. Twelve-bar blues - Wikipedia

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   The twelve-bar blues (or blues changes) is one of the most prominent chord progressions in popular music. The blues progression has a distinctive form in lyrics, phrase, chord structure, and duration. In its basic form, it is predominantly based on the I, IV, and V chords of a key. Mastery of the blues and rhythm changes are "critical elements ...

5. List of blues standards - Wikipedia

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   Blues standards are blues songs that have attained a high level of recognition due to having been widely performed and recorded. [ 1 ] They represent the best known and most interpreted blues songs that are seen as standing the test of time. [ 2 ] Blues standards come from different eras and styles, such as ragtime - vaudeville, Delta and other ...

6. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Wikipedia

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   George Davidson. Dennis Whitted. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was an American blues and blues-rock band from Chicago. Formed in the summer of 1963, the group originally featured eponymous vocalist and harmonicist Paul Butterfield, guitarist Elvin Bishop, bassist Jerome Arnold, and drummer Sam Lay. [1]

7. Microtonality - Wikipedia

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   Joe Monzo has made a microtonal analysis of the song "Drunken Hearted Man", [100] written and recorded by the delta blues musician Robert Johnson. [101] Musicians such as Jon Catler have incorporated microtonal guitars like 31-tone equal tempered guitar and a 62-tone just intonation guitar in blues and jazz rock music. [102]