A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale.
a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated used of blue notes
an informal term for a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
