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Definition of 'blues'English
Noun
( -)
English plurals
- The painting was vibrantly colored in reds and greens and blues .
(informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
* 1883 ,
- If we had been allowed to sit idle we should all have fallen into the blues ...
(singular or plural|informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
- Your blues is just like mine.
- Your blues are just like mine.
A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale.
- Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.
- A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues .
(music|always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.
- My next number is a blues in G.
A uniform made principally of a blue fabric.
- ''The marched in their dress blues .
(sports) Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit.
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Derived terms
( terms derived from blues)
* baby blues
* blue note
* blues-rock
* blues scale
* bluesy
( rel-mid)
* cry the blues
* delta blues
* eight-bar blues
* twelve-bar blues
( rel-bottom)
See also
* (musical form) boogie, jazz, rock and roll, shuffle, turnaround
Verb
(head)
(blue)
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