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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
exclamation
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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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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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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