Describe the musical characteristics of Rhythm and Blues
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: small rhythm section of piano, guitar, bass, and drums accompanied by saxophones and a horn section;
unambiguous duple meter, often with a backbeat; boogie-woogie harmony often based on a twelve-bar blues
pattern; solo vocalist singing about love
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