The Development of Jazz-Blues within American Pop Culture

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The Development of Jazz-Blues within American Pop Culture
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Over the years, jazz players and composers have modified the basic blues form to include: * 16-bar blues: 12-bar blues with a four-bar turnaround extension ("Watermelon Man") * 3/4 time blues: can be 24 bars in length or 12 bars when written in 6/8 ("All Blues") * Minor blues: based on a minor key ("Stolen Moments") * Major seventh (Bop) blues: chromatically descending ll-V progressions ("Bluesette") Other variations and combinations of the above can be found, and even songs that use a non-standard form and harmonic structure can also be labeled a blues if it is evocative of the genre. The Blues: A Bridge to Wider Acceptance? Since the blues enjoys such popularity, it's possible that jazz musicians might find a wider audience for their music if they devoted more attention to the blues connection.
Blues 1900-1940 , Théorie et analyse musicales, pédagogie