Blues is performed in the form of "call and response" similar to Chinese folk songs. It is called "Call and Response" in English. 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 root of modern pop music.

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Development history

Blues has evolved from the amateur music of poor black slaves into a diverse and complex form of music. It can also be divided into subcategories, with regional forms occurring throughout the United States and later in Europe, Africa, and other parts of the world.

The earliest recordings of blues and country music date from the 1920s, when the nascent popular music industry researched and produced market genres such as "African-American music" and "traditional music" to appeal accordingly. Black or white customers.

The earliest appearance of the blues is not very precise, but is generally believed to be between 1870 and 1900. This period coincides with the emancipation of slaves and the shift from slavery to cooperatives and small-scale agriculture in the American South.

In the 1920s, blues became an important element of African American and American popular music. It also gained favor with "white" audiences through Handy's works and classic female blues singers. The blues evolved from informal performances to entertainment in theaters.

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