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twelve-bar blues

twelve-bar blues noun: a blues form built on a twelve-measure chord progression, most typically based around the tonic, subdominant and dominant seventh chords of a key.

Noun

twelve-bar blues pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A blues form built on a twelve-measure chord progression, most typically based around the tonic, subdominant and dominant seventh chords of a key.

Questions about twelve-bar blues

What does twelve-bar blues mean?
Twelve-bar blues means a blues form built on a twelve-measure chord progression, most typically based around the tonic, subdominant and dominant seventh chords of a key.
What part of speech is twelve-bar blues?
Twelve-bar blues is a noun.

Words near twelve-bar blues in the dictionary

  1. twelve o'clocks
  2. twelve penny nail
  3. twelve penny nails
  4. twelve stepper
  5. twelve steppers
  6. twelve-bar blues
  7. twelve-inch
  8. twelve-inches
  9. twelve-nine
  10. twelve-nines
  11. twelve-note

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