blues

  • 31Blues — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino MÚSICA Canción, cántico del folclore negro norteamericano, de ritmo lento, que influyó en el origen de la música de jazz. IRREG. plural blues * * * blues (ingl.; pronunc. [blus]; pl. «blues») m. Canto popular …

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  • 32blues —    The blues is a folk musical style evolved by rural southern African Americans around 1900. It speaks predominantly of their conditions in pre Civil Rights America: disenfranchisement, alcohol ism, migration, poverty and domestic strife. Blues… …

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  • 33blues — noun 1 music VERB + BLUES ▪ play, sing ▪ He plays blues on the harmonica. ▪ She sings the blues in smoky bars. BLUES + NOUN ▪ band …

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  • 34blues — I blues 1. blues sb., en, blues, ene, i sms. blues , fx bluesband, bluesmusik II blues 2. blues vb., blues, bluedes, har bluedes (ÆLDRE føle skam) …

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  • 35blues — Synonyms and related words: Brautlied, Christmas carol, Kunstlied, Liebeslied, Volkslied, alba, anthem, art song, aubade, ballad, ballade, balladry, ballata, barcarole, blahs, blue devils, bluegrass, blues song, boat song, border ballads, bridal… …

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  • 36blues — {{#}}{{LM B05554}}{{〓}} {{[}}blues{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{◆}}(pl. blues){{◇}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Música y canto melancólicos y lentos, propios del folclore negro norteamericano y surgidos a principios del siglo XIX: • El blues evolucionó de los… …

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  • 37blues — n.pl. 1 (prec. by the) a bout of depression (had a fit of the blues). 2 a (prec. by the; often treated as sing.) melancholic music of Black American folk origin, often in a twelve bar sequence (always singing the blues). b (pl. same) (as sing.) a …

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  • 38blues — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: blue devils Date: 1741 1. low spirits ; melancholy < suffering a case of the blues > 2. a song often of lamentation characterized by usually 12 bar phrases, 3 line stanzas in which the …

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  • 39blues — noun /bluːz/ a) A feeling of sadness or depression. The painting was vibrantly colored in reds and greens and blues. b) (singular or plural) Ones particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced. If we had been&#8230; …

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  • 40blues — n. (colloq.) to sing the blues ( to complain ) * * * [bluːz] (colloq.) to sing the blues ( to complain ) …

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