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blues - What does it mean?

Definition of 'blues'

English

Noun

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  • 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.
  • # (Australian rules football) .
  • # (rugby league) .
  • # (soccer|Birmingham) .
  • # (soccer|Liverpool) .
  • # (soccer|London) .
  • # (soccer|Manchester) .
  • 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)
  • Anagrams

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