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What does RNB mean?

rnb means rhythm and blues, also known as rhythm and blues or R&B.

This musical term was proposed by Billboard magazine in the late 1940s. Related albums include the fifth volume of the compilation "Blues Masters": "Jumping Blues Classics", Louis Jordan (Louis Jordan) "Louis Jordan Selection", etc.

RnB has become a fashionable term. To be precise, it should be called rhythm and blues. It is a kind of music that combines soul music, jazz and even now dance music, rap and Hip Hop. RnB is considered a combination of rhythm and blues elements.

Extended information:

This kind of music has an obvious special style, which is to use the "one call and one response" form similar to Chinese folk songs, which is called "one call and one response" in English. Call and Response". At first, the musical phrase will give people a feeling of tension, crying, and helplessness, and then the subsequent musical phrase will seem to comfort and relieve the suffering people. It’s like a suffering person crying to God, and then receiving God’s comfort and response!

So blues music places great emphasis on the catharsis of self-emotions and originality or improvisation.

This improvisational playing method later slowly evolved into various types of music, such as Rock and Roll, Swing, Jazz... Therefore, blues is also the basis of modern pop music. source.

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