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blues::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours |
| Type of | depression |
he had a bad case of the blues.
blues::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | black music, african-american music, folk ballad, folk song, folksong |
| Has types | boogie, boogie-woogie |
Examples of blues
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He seems to have ingested a good bit of traditional blues lore as well as music.
From the kansas.com
Sheepshead, whiting, blues, ladyfish and an occasional pompano were also caught.
From the news-journalonline.com
The blues musician will headline the show's tour appearance in Reno on Saturday.
From the sacbee.com
A competition and festival that features blues music, beer samples and barbecue.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak has been spectacular thorugh 25 minutes tonight.
From the stltoday.com
The great blues musician Elvin Bishop told me he's chased some big catfish here.
From the sfgate.com
Blues guitarist Robert Cray headed the list of guest artists playing Metropolis.
From the dailyherald.com
Vibrant reds, blues, greens and yellows have been made without any dye or paint.
From the newscientist.com
More fun might be to start a new area, using blues and oranges and some grasses.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- 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"
- Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. ...
- Blues is a posthumous compilation album by musician Jimi Hendrix, released April 26, 1994 on MCA Records. The album contains eleven blues songs recorded by Hendrix between 1966 and 1970. Out of these eleven, six were previously unreleased. ...
- Blues is a single-disc compilation album by Bob Dylan, released on August 8, 2006 and distributed exclusively by Barnes & Noble.
- The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 40% of the known butterfly species.
- Blues dancing is a modern term used to describe a family of historical dances that developed alongside and were danced to blues music, or the contemporary dances that are danced in that aesthetic. ...
- Blues is a Blues Rock compilation album by Eric Clapton released in 1999. The release features songs from Clapton's 1970s RSO albums, as well as some unreleased material from the same era. The second disc features live recordings.
- A feeling of sadness or depression; (informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced; A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale; A musical composition following ...
