East Coast blues

East Coast blues casts a wide net covering all of Piedmont blues - a style that relied on fast, virtuosic fingerpicking and added influences such as ragtime - as well as the urbanized R&B of New York blues and countless smaller regional styles.

Notable recording artists

See List of East Coast blues musicians

Blues

Musical form	Blue note Blues scale Call and response Eight-bar blues Musical improvisation Shuffles Traditional blues verses Twelve-bar blues Walking bass

Origins	Origins Spirituals Work songs American folk music

Typical instruments	Guitar Piano Harmonica Bass Drums Blues harp Slide guitar

Regional styles	British blues Canadian blues Chicago blues Delta blues Detroit blues Hill country blues Kansas City blues Memphis blues New Orleans blues Piedmont blues St. Louis blues Swamp blues Texas blues West Coast blues

Subgenres	Boogie-woogie Classic female blues Country blues Electric blues Fife and drum blues Jump blues Piano blues

Fusion genres	Blues rock Gospel blues Punk blues Rhythm and blues Soul blues

Related styles	Blue grass Hokum Jazz Jug band Ragtime Rock and roll

Lists	Blues genres Blues musicians Blues standards

Book Category Portal Blues songs

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