eight-bar blues

noun

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.

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Meanings

nouneight-bar blues (countable and uncountable, plural eight-bar blues)
  1. countableuncountableentertainmentA 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.
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