Blues (also translated as blues) is a kind of vocal and instrumental music based on the pentatonic scale. Another feature of it is its special harmony. Blues is a singing form that emerged among black folk after the Civil War. It has a direct relationship with black plantation songs (a cappella songs sung by collectives during labor). Blues originated from the hymns, hymns, labor songs, shouts and chants of African American slaves in the past. The "blues sound" used in the blues and the singing style of Qi Ying both show its West African origin. Blues had a great influence on later American and Western pop music. Ragtime, jazz, big band, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, country music and ordinary pop songs, and even modern classical music all contain blues elements or elements. Developed from blues. In poetry, the word is often used to describe melancholy.
The word blues (English: Blues, blue) has the same meaning as "Blue devils", which means low-key mood, sadness, and melancholy. As early as 1798, George Corman wrote a farce called "The Blue Devil, a Farce." In the 19th century the word was used to refer to delirium tremens and police. The use of the term in African American music may be older. "Memphis Blues" by William Christopher Handy in Memphis in 1912 is the earliest written record of the term in music.
When talking about modern music, we have to talk about Blues. It is a music style created by black people living in the United States in the poor lower-class life. It originated in the Mississippi River Delta in the early 20th century and worked for people in the early days. It was a labor chant at that time, and later gradually influenced the development trajectory of world pop music. Now words like ROCK'N ROLL (rock) and R'N B (rhythm and blues) have long been familiar to people. The Blues scale used in these two kinds of music may not be learned in music classes at school, but every day you walk on the street, the sound coming from the video store has already made it deeply rooted in your heart...
In the 1920s, Blues gradually emerged to cater to some people with its unique lyrics, harmonious rhythms and melancholic melodies. Blues music contains a lot of poetic language that is repeated over and over again, and then ends with a decisive line. The progression of the melody is based on chords, with three chords of I, IV, and V as the main chords, and a 12-bar pattern is repeated. In the melody, the 3rd, 5th, and 7th notes of the main key are lowered by half a step, giving people a bittersweet and sentimental feeling.
Although the lead singer is the focus in Blues music, the guitar is the main focus. The instrumental improvisations are also very exciting, and the instrumentalists can play freely beyond the boundaries of chords. In addition to the melancholy sound of the melody, it also includes the sounds of scraping a knife and the use of slides, as well as imitating the humming of the lead singer. In the process of popularizing Blues music, Eric Clapton is a successful musician and songwriter. If you haven’t heard of it, then start to feel it now
The development of Blues music to this day has been included In the ranks of mainstream music, many of its elements are increasingly used in rock and pop music. But traditional Blues music still has strong strength. Musicians in this field include B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Etta Baker, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy, etc.
Classic example
At the beginning of the 21st century, the 23-year-old German girl Sarah Connor began to conquer the European music scene with her sweet and powerful rhythm and blues singing ability. Her grandfather’s New Zealand-Australia ancestry made her She was deeply influenced by blues and soul music at an early age. She began to sing in church choirs at the age of 14 and sang in musicals at school. At the age of 15 or 16, she used audition tapes to seek advice from major music labels.
In the spring of 2001, Sarah Connor showed off her wild personality with her erotic debut single "Let's Get Back To The Bed Boy". The song powerfully occupied the runner-up position in the German charts and went straight into the charts in various European countries. Top 10 on the chart, and entered the TOP 15 on the European pop singles chart; the second single "French Kissing" instead released the sexy charm of soul music. At the end of the same year, it changed to the love song route and released the touching love song "From Sarah With Love". It became even more dazzling, selling 750,000 copies in Germany alone. The song easily took the back seat to the top of the German charts, entered the TOP 5 of the European Music & Media Charts, and created gold records in Sweden and Austria. The album "Green Eyed Soul" has reached a new level, not only reaching the runner-up position on the German album chart, but also reaching the top 10 rankings in the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, Portugal, Greece and other countries.
In March 2002, Sarah Connor won the Echo Music Award for Best Female Pop Rock Singer, the highest honor in the German music scene, and later won the Goldene Europe Music Award for Most Successful Female Singer.
American hip-hop star Wyclef Jean heard the charm of Sarah's singing, and specially produced, composed and sang a song "One Nite Stand (Of Wolves And Sheep)". Sarah Connor has become one of the world's rhythm and blues divas.