blues

blues  (blz)

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

1. A state of depression or melancholy. Often used with the.

2. A style of music that evolved from southern African-American secular songs and is usually distinguished by a strong 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, a 12-bar structure, and lyrics in a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first: "The blues is an expression of anger against shame and humiliation" (B.B. King).

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[Short for blue devils.]

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bluesman n.

bluesy adj.

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blues [bluːz]

pl n (sometimes functioning as singular)

the

1. a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness

2. (Music) a type of folk song devised by Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century, usually employing a basic 12-bar chorus, the tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords, frequent minor intervals, and blue notes

bluesy  adj

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Blues [bluːz]

pl n

the Brit the Royal Horse Guards

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blues - a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes African-American music, black music - music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses folk ballad, folk song, folksong - a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture blue note - a flattened third or seventh boogie, boogie-woogie - an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
	2.	blues - a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues" blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours depression - a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

Translations

blues [ˈbluːz] npl

the blues (MUSIC) → le blues

the blues (= depression) → le cafard >
to have the blues (= depression) → avoir le cafard mid-term blues
blues band n → groupe m de blues
blues guitar n → guitare f blues

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blues [bluːz] npl (Mus) the blues → il blues
to have the blues (fam) (depression) → essere giù

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blues [bluːz] npl (Mus) the blues → il blues
to have the blues (fam) (depression) → essere giù

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