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Blues and RnB

Name :Tang Jing Hong
Class :4 stem 2

BLUES

-Blues in the 50’s came from the roots of Africa. The war
had ended in 1945 which meant that the stop of
slavery was only 5years into becoming accepted in
society. This meant that a lot of blues artists would write
songs influenced by the bitter and tragic events of
slavery.
-“The blue is an expression of anger against shame and
humiliation” –B.B King

Blues – Magic Sam

>Samuel“Magic Sam” Gene Maghett was a Chicago
blues musician
> https://youtu.be/yPyIMX3p3sI (All your love)
>Structure: Intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, middle
eight, solo, chorus.
>Double bass, steel guitar, drums and vocals.
>The music fits together well, but at times the guitar will
tend to go off the rail and sound as if he’s improving
over the top

Rhythm and Blue

-At the time segregation was still in place, so that meant
there was a division between black and white people. This
meant things like toilets were separate and even black
people were punished for so much as talking to white
people.
-Dances in those times were separated too with music; the
white people listened to Rock and Roll and black people
listened to RnB, it was when Rockabilly came in that they
started to merge.

Rhythm and Blue – Bob Williams

>Bob Williams is an American RnB singer from the 1950’s.
> https://youtu.be/QFv7SjvdETg (My Goose Is Cooked)
>Structure: Intro, chorus, verse, chorus, verse, middle eight,
small solo from saxophone, bridge and chorus.
>The instruments used are saxophone, drums, vocals, guitar
and double bass.
>The song fits together and when there are abrupt pauses
when the voice fills the silence, the instruments are in good
time.

Best R&B Artist

Michael Jackson Beyonce

Al Green Stevie Wonder

The Difference

}Blues is a style of music that evolved from Southern African-
American irreligious songs and it’s usually distinguished by a 4/4
rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths or a 12 bar structure.

}RnB was developed by African American Artists. The various styles
were based on a associating of European influences with jazz rhythms
and tonal variations, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues
chords.

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