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Advancement of Blues with the introduction of guitar Submitted by brain caron shelly on 2009-12-19
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Music has been classified into various genres according to the era, place etc. Both of these have influenced music a lot. We will be discussing here about Blues. Blues was originated in the southern part of United States in the end of 19th century. It was formed by the African-Americans. Blues differs a lot from the common rock music. It is much melodious than rock music. The preferred instruments for blues are mainly guitars, piano, drums, saxophone etc. However, the origin of blues has a deep significance. It symbolizes slavery and the culture of the African-Americans after the civil war in America. The African-Americans were used as slaves by the white people at that time, the blues originated during that period of slavery. It holds the pain of the black people.\r\n\r\nWith time, the blues was modified a lot. Many blues singer became famous leaving the whites behind. It was a matter of winning over the whites for the African-American people. The use of guitar increased a lot later. Guitarist of blues bands started playing tough but melodious blues riffs. Since, people preferred the sound of guitar, the introduction of guitar proved to be helpful. However, the chord progression of blues is different from that rocks or jazz, which were also very people. The 12 bar blues chord progression are mostly used in the blues songs. Blues was also classified into several forms, like the Traditional County Blues, Cool Blues, Jump Blues and West Coast Blues etc. Cool blues had much similarity with the Jazz.\r\n\r\nToday, many people, following their tradition and culture go for blues music instead of the most popular rock. But, their version differs a lot from the original blues version. The use of guitar riffs has increased a lot. This increment of the use of guitar has several reasons; sometimes due to the band members’ love for guitar and sometimes for commercial purpose. Since, most people has a weakness for guitar, they prefer the use of guitar riffs in every song.  The use of guitar riffs in blues songs attracts them a lot. Modern people always prefer ‘something different’ in every field of their daily life. Hearing unnatural guitar riffs and keyboard riffs in blues is a new experience for them.\r\n\r\nToday, very few people go for blues music. Most of them prefer any version of rock, hip-hop, rap etc. And this is not always for passion or tradition; sometimes people choose them for commercial benefit. Blues had to face immense criticism; it was regarded as disreputable by the white people. White people always regarded the black as their slaves; they looked down to them always. So, they could not tolerate the rise of the black people in the field of music. But this used to happen long ago. Nowadays, blues have got the same popularity as jazz or county songs. The use of guitar riffs is a very important factor for this.\r\n\r\nMelodious blues songs can be found on the internet nowadays. Some people even prefer blues music instead of rock. The use of riffs has increased a lot. Although, blues singers are almost extinct, some great blues tracks will be in the people’s heart and mind forever.\r\n\r\n\r\nView more details about cool guitar riffs please visit\r\n\r\nhttp://www.riffraters.com\r\n\r\nhttp://www.riffraters.com/index.html

Article No is 1139 Category is Military

Army life Submitted by john320 on 2008-09-03
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This article is intended to give the reader some idea of what the Army is like for a regular infantry soldier. Please bear in mind this is just one individuals point of view, although a lot of the people I worked with, share my perspective.

I served in the 2nd Bn Light Infantry for six years and the main question I get asked, is always the hardest to one to explain, “What is the Army like?” This is such a general question it makes it tough to narrow down your overall opinion what could be considered (and regularly is) a way of life. A soldier saying “its crap” is basically considered as how their feeling at the time, and while this is often the feeling and said towards the end of an operational tour, it is not their general opinion of the Army. You try spending six months in the middle of the desert where it’s so hot you feel like you’ve just stepped out the shower and midge’s makes you want to scream but you can’t because these a chance you be shot, not to mention the lack of sleep, spiders, scorpions and sand everywhere. Even with all this taken in to consideration, it’s just the fact that you feel a bit forgotten and sometimes fighting a lost cause and especially the time spent there could be spent with your family that gets you more and even with all that said, within a few months of coming home and some people even sooner, you’re ready to go again. The money saved is unrivalled; the look back n laugh moments are incredible and shier pride of knowing you’ve been there is something that will stay with you for the rest of your life. But above all this, the places you go (good or bad), the things you achieve, the money you make, all of this doesn’t come close to lads you share it all with, even the ones you don’t get on with, you miss when you come out. This is why I find it so hard to explain the Army, because the friends almost complete it for you. It’s extremely rare for me to find anyone even remotely like the lads I’ve met in the Army and for someone who hasn’t experienced the comradery and the atmosphere of being round mates like that is hard for even the most linguistic person to explain. The only way to really know is to give it a go yourself, most people either waist their early years or strive to achieve with no given direction or purpose. Four years is not that long for so much to be achieved especially when O.A.P’s who have had a whole life time of experience, still regard their time spent in the forces to be among their most prominent and proud memories.

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