In dictionaries:
the blues
Expressive music conveying deep emotions.
blues music
country blues
(music) A genre of blues with a rural style and elements from folk music.
baby blues
Mild postpartum depression, brief duration.
blues band
Chicago blues
(music) A genre of popular electric guitar-based blues associated with Chicago.
delta blues
(music) A form of blues originating in the Mississippi Delta region of the United States, generally featuring minimal instrumentation and song structure.
city blues
urban blues
Blues Brothers
a rhythm and blues band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in character as Elwood and Jake Blues.
classic blues
dress blues
Formal military uniform, dark blue.
Postpartum blues
Postpartum blues, also known as baby blues and maternity blues, is a very common but self-limited condition that begins shortly after childbirth and can present with a variety of symptoms such as mood swings, irritability, and tearfulness.
old blues
blues scale
(music) A minor hexatonic scale originating in the American musical genre blues, consisting of tonic, minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, fifth, and minor seventh, in which notes, particularly the minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, and minor seventh may be bent. It can also be called the minor blues scale when distinguishing it from its only other functional mode the major blues scale.
folk blues
Alternative form of folk-blues [(music) A genre of blues influenced by early 20th century folk music.]
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