When was blues music invented?

Answer 1

1800 its like jazz
Blues Music started in America in the cotton fields. The slaves had to work all day and were fed very little. They were not allowed to talk or they would get their tongues cut out. The only time they would talk was when the owner of the fields (the slave driver) was out. They would sing and chant rhymes about their lives as slaves and often they would sing about their religion as well. The slave driver came back one day to find the slaves singing. They were performing something called "Call and Response " where the " head slave " who had been put in charge , would sing a line and the rest of the plantation would repeat it or sing the next line.

At first the Slave driver was shocked to find the slaves singing, after the strict warnings he had given. But he then realised that he enjoyed listening to the slaves and made them sing for him everyday. He decided to take the slaves to America and so they all sailed over in rowing boats ( although they were still chained up.) He brought them to a theater and they performed for the people of America . But the response of the American people was rather shocking. They had never been entertained by black people before and strongly disapproved so started taking rotten fruit to the theater to throw at the slaves, Without even listening to them sing.

One American was shocked at the reaction and decided to make a statement. He covered his face with coal and just before the show started he told the slaves to put white flour on their fingertips. As the curtains opened the crowds started booing once again, but the man walked to the front of the stage and brought his fingers to his face. He wiped off the coal and from the audience it seemed as though he was wiping off black skin. The slaves then did the same thing. The Americans were fooled into believing they were really white and so accepted them and listened to them singing. They would go and sing in the theatres and people accepted them for being black. The songs they sang were given the name ' Blues ' as the songs they sang were about their blues, working as slaves.

Blues originated as an expression of the individual and interactive social tradition of a displaced African American population. It began with the African American agrarian working class of the Mississippi Delta and combined African American and European American traditions, particularly hollers (field work songs) and British ballads. It was established by the late 1800s as primarily a vocal and improvisatory genre, often with instrumental accompaniment. Later it became a purely instrumental genre as well, and other blues regions developed-each with its own localized style. Until about 1930 there was a distinction between the earthier style of country blues and the smoother urban blues. Only after blues was well established did it broaden to include the white middle class and function as a form of entertainment.

Often using Slang, blues texts address life's troubles, freedom, and gender roles and relationships, and are often explicit about sex. The recognizable style of the blues may include call and response, a constant rhythmic pulse, blue notes (lowered third and seventh scale degrees), and gritty timbres.

Publications (from about 1912) and recordings (from about 1920) came after blues had long been an established oral practice. The leading performers to popularize classic blues with early recordings were Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Bessie Smith. Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, Muddy Waters, and B. B. King exemplify styles after 1930.

Many small and large jazz ensembles still play blues titles, use blues form, and borrow its manner of expression. Blues has influenced many substyles of jazz and instigated numerous pop genres, including Rock and Roll. The participation of different races and nationalities in the production and consumption of blues