Nhac Blues (/bluːz/)  co nguon goc tu nhung đieu hat cua mien tay Phi Chau đuoc cac no le da đen mang sang Bac My, đac biet la vung chau tho song Mississippi (Mississippi Delta) tai mien nam Hoa Ky. Tai vung đat moi, đieu nhac tho so nay đuoc phat trien them voi cac nhac khi moi va tro nen rat pho thong trong cac cong đong no le nguoi My goc Phi khi ho tu tap voi muc đich lam viec, gat hai, tin nguong hay tieu khien. Dan dan nhac Blues cung đuoc ua chuong boi gioi tre da trang Hoa Ky. Tu đo no đa co anh huong đen hau het cac loai nhac tai Bac My: nhac Jazz, Big bands, Ragtime, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Soul, Rock and roll, nhac Pop, nhac đong que va ngay đen nhac co đien cua the ky 20.
Motif blues, dung pho bien trong nhac jazz, blues va rock and roll, đuoc đac trung boi cac gam tien, trong đo blues muoi hai thanh la pho bien nhat. Cac not nhac blues, voi muc đich bieu cam, đuoc hat hoac choi ngang hoac chuyen dan (tu cung thu 3 đen cung truong thu 3) trong giong tuong ung. Đay cung la mot phan đac trung quan trong cua loai nhac nay.
Blues la mot the loai nhac co nhung đac điem khac nhu loi bai hat, dong am bass, va cac nhac cu rieng. Blues co cac loai nhac blues nho hon bao gom blues đong que, chang han nhu nhac blues Delta, blues Piedmont va blues Texas, va blues phong cach đo thi nhu Chicago blues va West Coast blues. The chien II đanh dau su chuyen đoi tu blues acoustic sang blues đien va gioi thieu nhac blues cho mot đoi tuong cong chung rong lon hon, đac biet la nhung nguoi da trang. Trong nam 1960 va 1970, mot hinh thuc lai tao goi la blues-rock đa phat trien va đinh hinh.
Ngay nay, nhac Blues đuoc thuong thuc hay trinh dien boi nhieu sac dan cua cac van hoa khac nhau tren khap the gioi: tu Nhat sang đen Anh, tu Đong Au cho đen Nam My, tu Nga xuong đen Uc.


Tu nguyen hoc Tu nay co the xuat phat tu thuat ngu blue devils - "quy xanh", co nghia la u sau va buon ba. Viec su dung đau tien cua blues theo y nghia nay đuoc thuc hien trong mot man hai kich mot hoi Blue Devils cua George Colman (1798). Mac du trong am nhac nguoi My goc Phi tu truoc đo đa co the su dung tu nay, no đa đuoc chung thuc tu nam 1912, khi "Dallas Blues" Hart Wand đa tro thanh tac pham nhac blues co ban quyen đau tien. Trong loi bai hat blues thuong đuoc su dung đe mo ta mot tam trang chan nan.


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Lien ket ngoai Blues tren DMOZ
The American Folklife Center's Online Collections and Presentations
American Music: An almost comprehensive collection of historical blues recordings.
The Blue Shoe Project - Nationwide (U.S.) Blues Education Programming
"The Blues", documentary series by Martin Scorsese, aired on PBS
The Blues Foundation
The Delta Blues Museum
The Music in Poetry – Vien Smithsonian lesson plan on the blues, for teachers
American Music: Archive of artist and record label discographies