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Introduce the characteristics of the blues.

Blues music originated in the southern United States in the early 20th century. This is a short song for poor black people to shout at work, and it is also mixed with the rhythm and rhythm similar to that recited in church.

This kind of music has an obvious feature, that is, it is performed in a form similar to China folk songs, which is called "Call and Reponse" in English. At the beginning, the phrase will give people a feeling of nervousness, crying and helplessness, and then the following phrases are like comforting and relieving the suffering people. Just like a suffering person crying to God, and then getting God's comfort and response!

Therefore, blues music attaches great importance to self-emotional venting and original or improvisation. This improvisation method has gradually evolved into various kinds of music, such as rock music, swing music and jazz ... so blues is also the root of modern pop music.

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