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BLUES MUSIC

GROUP 4• Aris Pebriansyah• Dita Aridhatamy• Muhammad Alkifar Masdin• Muhammad Fajar Bimantoro• Muhammad Fajar ZR



THE HISTORY

Blues new term officially adopted in 1910. Blues isa vocal and instrumental music stream originatingfrom the United States (U.S.). Name of blues bornfrom the term that connoted with feeling frustate

and blues melancholic. Blues departed fromspiritual music and chanted the usual complimentof black African communities in the United Statesworking as a laborer, at which time they work orrest their afternoon always sang praises to Godand also sad songs (blues) melody typical Africanrace, and of course the lyrics are oppressedslaves at that time. And began to grow rapidly inthe 19th century AD the U.S..



BLUES MUSIC STARTING

FROM THE MUSLIMTRADITIONBlues music has been proven rooted in Muslim tradition inWest Africa, it has been proved by Sylviane Diouf, awriter and a scientist and researcher at the SchomburgCenter for Research in Black Culture in New York. Toprove the relationship between American Blues musicwith Muslim tradition, Diouf play two recordings in publicare present in a room at Harvard University, namely:

1. Chant recordings containing azan / call for Muslims topray;

2. Recording containing the old Blues song firstappeared in the Mississippi Delta about 100 yearsago, known as Levee Camp Holler.



SUBGENRE OF BLUESMUSICBlues can be divided into several subgenresranging from country to urban blues that is more orless popular during different periods of the 20thcentury. The most well known are the Delta,Piedmont and Chicago blues styles. World War II

marked the transition from acoustic to electricblues and the progressive opening of blues musicto a wider audience



A. DELTABLUESThe Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues

music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region ofthe United States that stretches from Memphis,Tennessee in the north to Vicksburg, Mississippi in thesouth, Helena, Arkansas in the west to the Yazoo River onthe east. The Mississippi Delta area is famous both for itsfertile soil and its poverty. Guitar, harmonica and cigarbox guitar are the dominant instruments used, with slideguitar(usually on the steel guitar) being a hallmark of thestyle. The vocal styles range from introspective andsoulful to passionate and fiery. Delta blues is alsoregarded as a regional variation of country blues.



B. PIEDMONT BLUESPiedmont blues (also known as East Coast, orSoutheastern blues) refers primarily to a guitar style,the Piedmont finger style, which is characterized by afinger picking approach in which a regular, alternatingthumb bass string rhythmic pattern supports a

syncopated melody using the treble strings generallypicked with the fore-finger, occasionally others. Theresult is comparable in sound to ragtime or stridepiano styles.

The term was coined by blues researcher Peter B.Lowry, who in turn gives co-credit tofellow folklorist Bruce Bastin. The Piedmont style isdifferentiated from other styles, particularly theMississippi Delta blues, by its ragtime-based rhythms.



C. CHICAGO BLUES

The Chicago blues is a form of blues musicindigenous to Chicago, Illinois. Chicago bluesis a type of urban blues. Urban blues evolvedfrom classic blues as a result of the greatdepression. Urban blues developed in the firsthalf of the twentieth century as a result ofthe Great Migration, when Black workersmoved from the Southern United States intothe industrial cities of the Northern UnitedStates such as Chicago.



D. ELECTRIC BLUES

Electric blues is a type of blues music distinguishedby the amplification of the guitar, bass guitar, drums,and often the harmonica. Pioneered in the 1930s, itemerged as a genre in Chicago in the 1940s. It was

taken up in many areas of America leading to thedevelopment of regional subgenres such aselectric Memphis blues and Texas blues. It wasadopted in the British blues boom of the 1960s,

leading to the development of blues-rock. It was afoundation of rock music. It continues to be a majorstyle of blues music and has enjoyed a revival inpopularity since the 1990s.



THE EXAMPLES OF BLUESMUSIC1. Memphis Blues - W.C. Handy2. Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith3. Pine Top Boogie - Pine Top Smith4. Dust My Broom - Elmore James5. Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker6. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters7. Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker

8. Hellhound On My Trail - RobertJohnson

9. Spoonful - Willie Dixon

10.The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King



THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN BLUESMUSIC

Blues music has a distinctive sound, which is often the resultof the instruments that musicians use to play it. In the earlydays of blues, performers often used simple, inexpensiveinstruments to express themselves.

A. ACOUSTIC GUITAR

The acoustic guitar is one of the most commonly used instruments in

blues music. Acoustic guitars were widely available during the earlydays of blues in the 1920s, which made them accessible to poorfarmers or labors who would shape the sound of blues. Theseinstruments were lightweight, easy to play and could provide simpleaccompaniments for blues singers. The only known images oflegendary bluesman Robert Johnson show him holding a well-wornacoustic guitar.



B. HARMONICA

The harmonica was an inexpensive and portable instrument, which made itparticularly attractive to blues musicians. Unlike a guitar or piano, the

harmonica didn't require the players to learn complex chords or fingerings,rather they just needed a good understanding of the harmonica's tonestructure and a good set of lungs. Harmonicas were also available invarious keys, which made it easily adaptable to nearly any song or vocalrange.

C. PIANO Although the piano is also used in blues music, its size and availabilitykept it from becoming popular among early blues musicians. As bluesmusic moved from the fields and farms into the mainstream, the piano

found its place alongside the acoustic guitar and other popular bluesinstruments. Its wide tonal range and ability to provide both bass andmelody simultaneously eventually carved a place for the piano in modernblues music. Louisiana-born Professor Longhair is one of the better knownblues piano players.



D. ELECTRIC GUITAR

In the 1940s, the growing popularity of electric guitars made its mark on

blues music with the introduction of Chicago blues, which heavily featuredthe electric guitar sound. This style of blues is now the most commonsound associated with the blues music genre, with acoustic blues oftenreferred to as Mississippi or Delta blues. Chicago-style blues guitariststypically favor the Fender Stratocaster or Gibson ES-335 for their bright,

twangy sound and playability.

E. RESONATOR GUITAR

The resonator guitar, commonly referred to as the Dobro, was introducedin 1927 and quickly became popular among blues musicians for its abilityto project sound above other instruments. The resonator guitar wasbasically an acoustic guitar made of metal or wood with a sound conethat helped focus and amplify the sound. It is also popular among bluesslide guitar players for its high string action and the ability to be playedlike an acoustic guitar or laid flat like a steel guitar.



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