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blues music/bluesmusic is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. It evolved in the United States in the communities of former African slaves, from spirituals, praise songs, field hollers, shouts, and chants. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of the blues' West African pedigree. The blues music/bluesmusic influenced later American and Western popular music, as it became part of the genres of ragtime, jazz, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, country music and pop songs.

Bluesmusicvideos/Blues music videos are short films or videos that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. Modern Bluesmusicvideos/Blues music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. Although the origins of Bluesmusicvideos/Blues music videos go back much further, they came into their own in the 1980s, when MTV (Music Television)'s format was based around them.

Music videos / musicvideos are often called promo videos or simply promos, due to the fact that they are usually promotional devices. Sometimes, Bluesmusicvideos/Blues music videos are termed short-form music videos to distinguish them from full length movies pertaining to music. In the 1980s, the term "rock video" was often used to describe this form of entertainment, although the term has fallen into disuse.

Music videos / musicvideos can accommodate all styles of filmmaking, including animation, live action films, documentaries, and non-narrative, abstract film.