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"I hate the blues."
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Dog 3000
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Edited Nov 07, 2009, 00:54
Re: bloooz
Nov 07, 2009, 00:33
Well, I'd agree with you in the sense that "the blues" refers to a vibe/feeling as well as a musical genre. And feelings are pretty much human-universal.

There is also a "specific blues music genre" which refers to the pentatonic scale and I-IV-V changes, and that does have specifically African/American roots. Stuff that sounds "bluesy" in Armenia or wherever may have "the blues (feeling)" but is based on a totally different system of scales & harmonies than "the blues (music genre)".

Not quite the same thing, but easy to get confused what people are talking about since they are both called "the blues"!

(Two other similarities between "blues (genre music)" and "other music from around the world with a blues feeling that is not technically blues" would be 1. Improvisation, and 2. Call-and-response patterns. I'm sure you can find plenty of examples of those outside of the African/American tradition, they seem to be sort of universal. Interesting topics in and of themselves!)
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