Everything about Chicago Blues totally explained
The
Chicago blues is a form of
blues music that developed in
Chicago, Illinois by adding
electrically amplified guitar,
drums,
piano,
bass guitar and sometimes
saxophone to the basic guitar/
harmonica Delta blues. The music developed mainly as a result of the "
Great Migration" of poor black workers from the South into the industrial cities of the North such as Chicago in particular, in the first half of the
twentieth century.
Chicago Blues has a more extended palette of notes than the standard
six-note blues scale; often, notes from the
major scale are added, which gives the music a more "jazz feel" whilst still being in the confines of the blues genre. This is not, however, as prominent as
Texas blues, which contains many other notes such as the
major 3rd and major
6th. Chicago blues is also known for its heavy rolling bass.
Another notable point is that Chicago blues contains many dominant
9th chords, and the scales usually contain 9th notes. Note that a 2nd is the same as a 9th (the notoriously confusing '9=2' seen on many chord charts reflects this fact), and this is especially emphasized on
guitar, on which it's much more difficult to span
octaves, than on a
piano.
Notable Chicago blues musicians
Below is a list of notable Chicago blues musicians (and groups) alphabetized by
first name (or stage name):
Further Information
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