Blues

Blues
	Blues guitarist an sangster B.B. King in 2009
Stylistic oreegins	African-American wirk sangs; Negro spirituals; European folk muisic;
Cultural oreegins	Late 19t century, soothren Unitit States
Teepical instruments	Guitar; bass guitar; piano; harmonica; upricht bass; drums; saxophone; vocals; trumpet; cornet; trombone;
Derivative forms	Bluegress; jazz; R&B; rock an row; rock muisic; soul muisic;
Subgenres
	Boogie-woogie; Classic female blues; Country blues; Delta blues; Electric blues; Fife an drum blues; Jump blues; Piano blues;
Fusion genres
	Blues rock; African blues; Punk blues; Soul blues;
Regional scenes
	Breetish blues; Canadian blues; Chicago blues; Detroit blues; East Coast blues; Hill country blues; Kansas City blues; Louisiana blues; Memphis blues; New Orleans blues; New York blues; Piedmont blues; St. Louis blues; Swamp blues; Texas blues; Wast Coast blues;
Ither topics
	Blues genres; Blues muisickers; Blues scale; Jug band; Origins; Country muisic;

Blues is a genre^[2] an muisical form oreeginated bi African Americans in the Deep Sooth o the Unitit States aroond the end o the 19t century.

References

↑ "BBC – GCSE Bitesize: Origins of the blues". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
↑ Kunzler's dictionary of jazz provides two separate entries: "blues", an originally African-American genre (p. 128), and the "blues form", a widespread musical form (p. 131). Kunzler, Martin (1988). Jazz-Lexicon. Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.