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  2. Eight-bar blues - Wikipedia

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    In music, an eight-bar blues is a common blues chord progression. Music writers have described it as "the second most common blues form" [1] being "common to folk, rock, and jazz forms of the blues". [2] It is often notated in 4 4 or 12 8 time with eight bars to the verse.

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  4. Three-chord song - Wikipedia

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    A common type of three-chord song is the simple twelve-bar blues used in blues and rock and roll. Typically, the three chords used are the chords on the tonic , subdominant , and dominant ( scale degrees I, IV and V): in the key of C, these would be the C, F and G chords.

  5. Twelve-bar blues - Wikipedia

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    Dominant 7th chords are generally used throughout a blues progression. The addition of dominant 7th chords as well as the inclusion of other types of 7th chords (i.e. minor and diminished 7ths) are often used just before a change, and more changes can be added. A more complicated example might look like this, where "7" indicates a seventh chord:

  6. Swamp blues - Wikipedia

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    Swamp blues has a laid-back, slow tempo, and generally is a more rhythmic variation of Louisiana blues, incorporating influences from New Orleans blues, zydeco, soul music and Cajun music. [3] It is characterized by simple but effective guitar work and is influenced by the boogie patterns used on Jimmy Reed records and the work of Lightnin ...

  7. Riff - Wikipedia

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    All these songs use twelve-bar blues riffs, and most of these riffs probably precede the examples given (Covach 2005, p. 71). In classical music, individual musical phrases used as the basis of classical music pieces are called ostinatos or simply phrases. Contemporary jazz writers also use riff- or lick-like ostinatos in modal music and Latin ...

  8. Goin' Down Slow - Wikipedia

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    "Goin' Down Slow" or "Going Down Slow" is a blues song composed by American blues singer St. Louis Jimmy Oden. It is considered a blues standard [1] and "one of the most famous blues of all". [2] "Goin' Down Slow" has been recorded by many blues and other artists, including a noteworthy version by Howlin' Wolf with narration by Willie Dixon.

  9. Hill country blues - Wikipedia

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    Hill country blues (also known as North Mississippi hill country blues or North Mississippi blues) is a regional style of country blues.It is characterized by a strong emphasis on rhythm and percussion, steady guitar riffs, few chord changes, unconventional song structures, and heavy emphasis on the "groove", which has been characterized as the "hypnotic boogie".