History

Blues history dates back to the seventeenth century, in the US. The blues is defined as the folk genre of the black population. USA was a colony of England that brought slaves from Africa that mainly inhabited the south of the country.

These working on the plantations of snuff, cotton and rice, so they were not allowed to develop their religions and their families were separated. Blacks took the rhythmic core of its music and together with the harmonic and melodic of European music.

The first blues trying to be messages going from plantation to plantation to transmit news, but also showed that he was a slave. The religious came from another genre called Gospel, which is a kind of gospel music with African rituals, which require much vocal work.

The first instruments were rhythmic, then they began to use the banjo and acoustic guitar.

The initial structure of the blues was monotonous but then became harmonious, as it consisted of twelve bars in fourth and fifth ring.

The blue note is a false note in a scale of five notes, called penta tonic and is the most important because it is the sub-style that most influenced the music of white America.

The most recognized artists in this genre are BB King, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding.

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