What does Blues means?
à folkloric genre of the black inhabitants of the American country
XVII century: EEUU
EEUU: England colony which brought slaves from Africa who lived above the south of the country
Africa
Tobacco, polyester and rice plantations
Religions and FamilyAxis rhythm of their music
Messages
Religious ambit à GOSPEL à vocal work
evangelic music with African rituals
INSTRUMENTS: rythmic. The the banjo and the acoustic guitar started being used.
STRUCTURE:Firstly: MONOTONOUS
Secondly: HARMONIC
note out of tune à PENTA TONICsub-style that more influenced in the white music of the USA.
[ B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Ottis Redding ]
Blues à a lot of acceptance inside the world of the guitar
Blues was born in an environment of
Misery
diseases
Scarcity.
[ The only exits were the emigration in the northern part or the alcoholism. ]
the black people were in major difficulties.
Vexations, contempts and violence were the favorable environment for the creation of a new music: the blues
IMMENSE mixture of people:
Native American
Irish and Scotch
English
Spanish
Indians
Africans
bought along the whole western coast of Africa were the etnas in contact
The spiritual songs, the prays, the songs of work, the English heaps, Scotch and Irish ballads and the field shouts were the favorable environment and the origin of the blues.
plantation turned into the musical crucible of an endless number of oral traditions, singings and dances
The segregation brought songsters to create specific lyrics for the community
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