Course HackDiscovering Music: The BluesBy The Open University
In a Nutshell
The Open University provides an overview of blues music, explaining the history and political context, as well as fundamental elements of the music itself and how it has evolved.
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Music provided a channel for expressing every possible emotion from shared joys to communal desperation. It cemented the community while at the same time, for those who had talent, it was also a means of earning a living.
The Open University
Introduction
Blues music has a history stretching across centuries and continents, and it continues to be one of the most influential traditions underpinning popular music today.
But the origins of the blues are steeped in discrimination.
Discovering Music: The Blues is an introductory course in blues music from The Open University, starting with the inception of the blues in post-slavery African-American communities.
From its troubled roots, the course explores how blues music shifted in the 20th century with the evolution of travel and technology, diving into the specifics of musical elements along the way.
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