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- Dictionaryblues/bluːz/
plural
- 1. melancholic music of black American folk origin, typically in a twelve-bar sequence. It developed in the rural southern US towards the end of the 19th century, finding a wider audience in the 1940s, as black people migrated to the cities. This urban blues gave rise to rhythm and blues and rock and roll: "blues has always had a strong following in Australia"
- 2. feelings of melancholy, sadness, or depression: informal "she's got the blues"
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