Instruments+in+the+Blues

code  code The common blues band usually consists of; a guitarist, a bass player, a drummer and, of course, a vocalist. The vocalist is often also playing either a bass or a guitar, as well as vocals. The band may also contain another guitarist, keyboardist or a horn instrument, most commonly a saxophone. Often in the Delta Blues the guitarist would use a "bottle neck" guitar slide. The most important part of the Blues is the vocals, the other instruments simply are accompaniment for the vocalist. The early blues was simply the afro american slaves chanting but moved into the Delta Blues and was accompanied by a steel string guitar. The basic rhythms were the 12 bar blues and the AAB structure where the vocalist would repeat a 4 bar phrase twice, then a new 4 bar phrase to add up to 12 bars.