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Ragtime Blues
Ragtime had a profound influence on many early blues performances, striving to reproduce complicated piano sounds on the guitar. -
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Tin Pan Alley Blues
Tin Pan Alley extended to Rag Time, Blues, Jazz, Country, and Broadway music. -
Folk Blues
Folk blues is an early 20th-century solo vocal and acoustic fingerstyle guitar accompaniment. -
Mimie Smith
Mamie Smith composed a version of "Crazy Blues" launching a label "Original Race Records" which exclusively advertised African Americans in black-owned newspapers. -
Delta Blues
A style of blues originating in the Mississippi Delta, typically featuring slide guitar and harmonica. -
Oogie Boogie Blues
A style of playing blues on the piano characterized by a steady rhythmic ground bass of eight notes in quadruple time and series of improvised melodic variations. -
Jump Blues
Jump Music is an upbeat tempo style of blues, usually played by small groups and featuring horn instruments, popular in the 1940s. -
Electric Blues
A type of Blues distinguished by the use of electric amplification for musical instruments. -
New Orleans Blues
A subgenre of blues that developed in and around the city of New Orleans, influenced by jazz and Caribbean music. -
Chicago Blues
A form of music developed in Chicago, Illinois performed in an urban style. Developed during the first half of the 20th century. -
Harmonic Blues
Blues that contain harmonicas. -
Country Blues
Country Blues is a simple form where a singer is accompanied by a guitar. -
Soul Blues
A genre of vocal soul music with a gospel-influenced bluesy sound. -
Texas Blues
Texas Blues is Blues music from Texas. As a regional style, its original form was characterized by jazz and swing influences. -
Down-home Blues
Acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment.