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rhythm-and-blues

rhythm-and-blues
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rith -uh m and blooz]
    • /ˈrɪð əm ænd bluz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rith -uh m and blooz]
    • /ˈrɪð əm ænd bluz/

Definition of rhythm-and-blues word

  • noun rhythm-and-blues a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll. 1
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Origin of rhythm-and-blues

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Rhythm-and-blues

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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rhythm-and-blues popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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  • race music

    blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.

  • soul music

    a fervent type of popular music developed in the late 1950s by black Americans as a secularized form of gospel music, with rhythm-and-blues influences, and distinctive for its earthy expressiveness, variously plaintive or raucous vocals, and often passionate romanticism or sensuality.

  • urban contemporary

    popular dance music incorporating elements of rap, rhythm-and-blues, funk, and soul.
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