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Rhythm and blues R&B or RnB. popular music genre combining popular musicgenre jazz, jazz gospel, and gospel blues influences blues.

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1 Rhythm and blues R&B or RnB

2 popular music genre combining popular musicgenre jazz, jazz gospel, and gospel blues influences blues

3 R&B or RnB Lawrence Cohn Nothing but the Blues Robert Palmer Jump blues

4 R&B or RnB Jump blues Artists: Louis Jordan, Louis Jordan Big Joe Turner and Big Joe Turner Wynonie Harris

5 R&B or RnB features vocalist horn-driven orchestraorchestra medium-sized combo

6 R&B or RnB Style driving rhythm, intensely shouted vocals, and honking tenor saxophone solostenor saxophone

7 R&B or RnB lyrics celebratory in nature full of braggadocio and swagger

8 R&B or RnB Jerry Wexler of Jerry Wexler Billboard the Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200

9 R&B or RnB African American music black music, formerly known as race music

10 R&B or RnB Louis Jordan Tymphany Five Lawrence Cohn Robert Palmer

11 R&B or RnB Shake, Rattle and Roll Jesse Stone Charles E. Calhoun originally recorded by Big Joe TurnerBig Joe Turner most successfully by Bill Haley & His Comets.Bill Haley & His Comets

12 Twelve bar blues lyrics I hate to see the evening sun go down, Yes, I hate to see that evening sun go down 'Cause it makes me think I'm on my last go 'round

13 Twelve bar blues chord structure guitar and bass players: open chords, chords with several open strings: guitarbass E-A-B7 or A-D-E7 Keyboardists C-F-G7 or G-C-D7. tonic, subdominant, and dominant

14 Twelve bar blues blues songs "St. Louis Blues", "Shake, Rattle and Roll” "Hound Dog” bluesShake, Rattle and RollHound Dog gospel songs, "I'm So Glad (Jesus Lifted Me)„ gospelI'm So Glad (Jesus Lifted Me) jazz classics like "Flying Home" and "Night Train"Flying HomeNight Train pop and rock songs, Glenn Miller's "In the Mood", The Beatles' "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?”Glenn MillerIn the MoodThe BeatlesWhy Don't We Do It In The Road?

15 Twelve bar blues Many songs use a verse in the first four bars and a chorus in the final eight bars: That big eight-wheeler rollin' down the track Means your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back. I'm movin' on, I'll soon be gone You were flyin' too high for my little old sky So I'm movin' on.

16 The blues chord progression DifferentNotations ChordAlphabeti c NumericalRoman Numeral TonicT1I Sub- dominant S4IV DominantS4V

17 The blues chord progression The first line takes 16 quarter notes (4 bars × 4 beats), as do the remaining two lines (for a total of 48 beats and 12 bars). T/S/D TTTT 1 1 1 1 I I I I SSTT 4 4 1 1 IV IV I I DSTT 5 4 1 1 V IV I I

18 The blues chord progression "Quick to Four" variation T/S/D TSTT SSTT DSTT

19 The blues chord progression the tenth bar 10th bar stays in dominant TTTT SSTT DDTT

20 The blues chord progression Seventh chords Using a seventh chord TTTT7 SS7TT7 DSTD7

21 The blues chord progression minor 12-bar blues "Why Don't You Do Right?"Why Don't You Do Right? by Lil Green with Big Bill Broonzy and thenLil GreenBig Bill Broonzy Peggy Lee with the Benny Goodman Orchestra.Peggy LeeBenny Goodman music of Charles BrownCharles Brown Major and minor mixed together

22 The blues chord progression From Bessie Smith's "Empty Bed Blues".Bessie SmithEmpty Bed Blues D - - - Woke up this morning with an G - - - D - - - D7 - - - awful aching head G - - - Woke up this morning with an G7 - - - D - - - D7 - - - awful aching head A - - A7 My new man had left me G - - G7 D - - - D - A A7 just a room and an empty bed.

23 "Twelve-bar" oddities Chuck Berry's "Oh Carol" is a 24-bar bluesChuck Berry The Beatles's "Day Tripper" starts with the first eight bars of the 12-bar progression. The BeatlesDay Tripper Queen's song I Want To Break Free uses the twelve-bar pattern for its verses, with a different chord progression only for the middle eight. QueenI Want To Break Free


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