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blues | music |

As a proper noun blues

is (informal) any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue.

As a noun music is

musician.

blues

English

Noun

(-)
  • English plurals
    • The painting was vibrantly colored in reds and greens and blues .
  • (informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
  • * 1883 ,
    • If we had been allowed to sit idle we should all have fallen into the blues ...
  • (singular or plural, informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
    • Your blues is just like mine.
    Your blues are just like mine.
  • A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale.
    • Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.
    A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues .
  • (music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.
    • My next number is a blues in G.
  • A uniform made principally of a blue fabric.
    • ''The marched in their dress blues .
  • (sports) Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit.
  • # (Australian rules football) .
  • # (rugby league) .
  • # (soccer, Birmingham) .
  • # (soccer, Liverpool) .
  • # (soccer, London) .
  • # (soccer, Manchester) .

    • Derived terms

    (terms derived from blues) * baby blues * blue note * blues-rock * blues scale * bluesy * cry the blues * delta blues * eight-bar blues * twelve-bar blues

    See also

    * (musical form) boogie, jazz, rock and roll, shuffle, turnaround

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blue)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    music

    English

    (wikipedia music) ("music on Wikiquote")

    Alternative forms

    * musick (archaic) * musicke (obsolete) * musique (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-22, author= Ian Sample
    • , volume=189, issue=24, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Music lessons in early childhood may improve brain's performance , passage=Music lessons in early childhood lead to changes in the brain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researchers say.}}
  • (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
  • An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using and sometimes singing
  • A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.

    • Synonyms

    * melody * vibe

    Derived terms

    * background music * chamber music * chin music * concrete music * country music * elevator music * face the music * fill music * hillbilly music * incidental music * musical * musicality * musically * music box * music drama * music hall * musician, muso * musicing * musicless * music of the spheres * music to someone's ears * musicologist * musicology * pop music * program music * set to music * sheet music * soul music * world music

    See also

    * * MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia *

    Verb

    (musick)
  • To seduce or entice with music.

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    References

    * 1000 English basic words ----