List of blues genres

Blues can be categorized into a number of genres. There are also genres of music that are not blues but which can be described as blues-like or bluesy. What may also be called blues is the actual chord structure of a piece, which goes through a standard chord progression, called the blues chord progression, containing the 3 basics chords: I, IV and V, which means the first, the fourth and the fifth degree.

Genres of blues

Blues-like genres

There are several genres that are typically urban in origin, simple in instrumentation and featuring plaintive, melancholy vocals that emphasize the singer's poor luck and unfortunate circumstances. Anthropologist Joaquim Reis de Brito described the phenomenon this way:

Thus, if we take together the Fado of Lisbon, the Tango of Buenos-Aires and the Rembetika of Athens, we will note firstly that all of them emerged a little before or after the middle of the 19th century in poor districts of the big port cities of the nascent industry, attracting people from the country or from abroad, and who were confined to a marginal existence. And if we look for other parallels in the development of these urban popular cultures, we will find them again: first, their obscure and repressed beginnings, then their discovery and appropriation by elements of the higher social classes, later their acceptance and admission by the establishment (often after their success outside of the native land) before ending as a subject of tourist exploring the caves".

Note that not all of the characteristics above are common to all the genres compared to blues, and not all are true of the blues itself.

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 Harmonica 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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