Africa and North America, more specifically the United States of America
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blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes.
The Blues is really a form of folk music originally sung by African Americans. It was just music the people made and sang, and they drew influence off one another. Due to the fact that many of these people were often very poor, or enslaved, they had no access to records. This means the music just formed from a desire to make sing, or play music.
Chicago Blues is a form of 'blues' music that originated in Chicago. The difference between Chicago Blues and 'normal' blues is Chicago blues tend to have more electrically-amplified guitar, drums, piano bass guitar and saxophone.
It came from America when the African slaves were forced to work. They made music to keep their spirits up. A popular feature was call and response music.
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