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Blues is both a style of music as well as the name of a chord progression (that’s used in that style of music). You could play that chord progression in a Latin
by kleinsch 6y ago
Blues is both a style of music as well as the name of a chord progression (that’s used in that style of music). You could play that chord progression in a Latin or bebop style and you’d be playing a 12-bar blues, but you wouldn’t be playing the Blues.
- WorldMaker 6y agoA fun example: NRBQ has a (classic) song called "12-Bar Blues" with lyrics about playing a "12-bar blues" and demonstrates a 12-bar blues progression inside it but whose tone/style is much farther toward R&B/Rock than the Blues.