East Coast blues

East Coast blues casts a wide net covering all of Piedmont blues - a style that relied on fast, virtuosic fingerpicking and added influences such as ragtime - as well as the urbanized R&B of New York blues and countless smaller regional styles.

Notable recording artists

See List of East Coast blues musicians

Blues

Subgenres	Boogie-woogie Classic female blues Country blues Electric blues Fife and drum blues Hokum Jug band Jump blues Piano blues

Fusion genres	Blues rock Gospel blues Punk blues Soul blues

Regional styles	Atlanta blues British blues Canadian blues Chicago blues Delta blues Detroit blues East Coast blues Hill country blues Indian blues Kansas City blues Louisiana blues Memphis blues New Orleans blues New York blues Piedmont blues St. Louis blues Swamp blues Texas blues West Coast blues

Instruments	Acoustic guitar Bass guitar Upright bass Drums Electric guitar Guitar amplifier (used by both electric guitar players and harmonica players) Hammond organ Harmonica (or "blues harp") Piano Slide guitar Mandolin Electric mandolin

Other topics	Blue note Blues genres Blues scale Eight-bar blues Musical improvisation Origins Twelve-bar blues

Lists	List of blues genres List of blues standards List of blues musicians List of blues rock musicians List of blues revival musicians List of blues mandolinists List of blues biographies

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