"eight-bar blues" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eight-bar blues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|eight-bar blues}} eight-bar blues (countable and uncountable, plural eight-bar blues)
  1. (music) A blues form built on an eight-measure chord pattern, most typically I, I, IV, I, V7, IV, I, V7, where I, IV and V7 represent the tonic, subdominant and dominant seventh chords respectively. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Blues music, Eight, Music Related terms: blues, turnaround, twelve-bar blues

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