Complete Definition of "eight-bar blues"

English

Noun

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.

See also
blues
turnaround
twelve-bar blues

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