blueadjective(SAD)informal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Jazz & blues
acid jazz
bebop
blue note
bluesman
bluesy
Dixieland
free jazz
funk
funky
honky-tonk
R & B
ragtime
reedman
rhythm and blues
scat
tenorist
trad
trad jazz
traditional jazz
twelve-bar blues
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Types of music
Idiom
have the blues
the blues | American Dictionary
the blues
idiom
a mood of sadness:
She’s got a bad case of the blues.
blues
noun[ U ]
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a type of music that began among African-American musicians in the southern US, often with lyrics (= words) about a difficult life or bad luck in love