blu
Blue Note (Jazz · Gospel · Blues)
Blues
- Era
- 1900–present
- Origin
- Mississippi Delta
- Student playlists
- None yet
About this supergenre
12-bar form, blue notes, call-and-response. From the Mississippi Delta through Chicago, Memphis, and the British Invasion — the harmonic and emotional ground every American popular form is standing on.
Canonical reference: musicmap.info / blu
Inside blues · 12 subgenre s on a mini-timeline
Each subgenre at its emergence year, oldest at top. This is what students curate playlists for — the granular level. Click any subgenre chip from the main map and you land on its row here.
- 1900s
- 1910s
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- 2030s
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Country / Delta Blues
1900
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Hill Country Blues
1900
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Piedmont Blues
1910
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Classic Female Blues
1920
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Memphis Blues
1925
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Jump Blues
1940
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Texas Blues
1940
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Chicago Blues
1947
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Modern Electric Blues
1955
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British Blues
1963
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Soul Blues
1965
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Contemporary Blues
1990
Connective tissue · 5 link s
How blues relates to the rest of the map. Click any genre to follow the line.
Primary lineage
Direct parents and direct children — the main line.
Other influences
Cousin genres and indirect influences that shaped this supergenre.
Student curations
No playlists for blues yet.
This supergenre is waiting for a curator. If you're in MUSA 266 or MUSA 220 and this is your assignment, build a 5–10 track YouTube playlist and submit it through the course form.