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 * Blues & Rock'nRoll:**

1. Without the development of blues that the music of today would be far less entertaining, advanced and technologically mastered.

2. Simple music theory such as the 12 bar blues, which is used in the majority of rock music today may have never been discovered and used the way it is now had it not been for the musicians of the early 1900's.

3. The blues can be defined as a style of music derived from the difficulties of life experienced by generations of African Americans living in the US.

4. Blues originates in Africa, tracing all the way back to before white men ever set foot on African soil. It is not until the early 1900's though that the blues actually begin to become what society would deem as actual music

5. For the most part, blues lyrics took on a 3 line verse that is repeated and then takes on a final line.

6. There is almost always a very basic chord progression, with a 12 bar pattern using the 3 main chords of that 12 bar scale, so everything is broken down into fourths.

7. This pattern is one that will come to be used over and over for years as the key to obtaining the "blues sound".

8. Eventually this form grew to a more official sound when guitars began to be put to use.

9. Musical form was taken more seriously, and the lyrics to songs changed to roll of the tongue more easily to flow with the guitar notes.

10. Country blues is the earliest known named blues. Also known as Delta blues, this style originates from the early 19th century southern way of life after the emancipation

11. The introduction of the electric guitar opened up a whole new world to blues enthusiasts.

12. Also, acceptance of the blues by artists like Bob Dylan, The Beetles, and the Rolling Stones helped boost blues influence on rock.

13. Jimi Hendrix is one of the greatest and most influential musicians in both blues and rock history.

14. Keeping the blues roots of his ancestors, but boldly proclaiming modern guitar sounds introduced by Eric Clapton only a few years earlier, Hendrix stunned the blues and rock world by combining the two in a way never before seen.

15. Rich, electrified, psychedelic sounds were issued by a man playing the blues.

16. Without the different stages of development blues has undergone, our music of today would sound much different.

17. We often take for granted the music of today, without much appreciation of the past and where the music has come from.

18. BB King, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy emotionalized the blues in a whole new way by amplifying the guitars, bending notes to make the guitar "cry" and adding more importance to the drumming.