Denoting or relating to a musical structure based around a sequence lasting twelve bars and typically consisting of three chords, the basic unit of much blues and rock-and-roll music.
十二小节的（指有十二小节，并尤其由三个和音组成的音乐结构，为多数布鲁斯和摇滚音乐的基本单位）
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Well, it's not exactly easy to keep coming up with novel variations on a form of music whose standard twelve-bar chord change pattern goes I-I-I-I IV-IV-I-I-V-IV-I-I, is it?
The twelve-bar format is cleverly sculpted with ensembles preluding the solos.
Despite the blues influences, he avoids traditional twelve-bar blues progressions.
For example, in 13% of the songs we analyzed, the twelve-bar blues form is adopted, and with it one often finds the typical lyrical organization of three-line stanzas in which the first two lines are similar.
Students listen to musical examples and try to write twelve-bar blues lyrics.
noun
A song or piece of music having a twelve-bar structure.
十二小节歌曲（或音乐）
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If you're going to limit it to twelve-bars and variations thereof you'll have to either arbitrarily exclude a lot that's recognizably blues, or else arbitrarily expand your definition.
Definition of twelve-bar in US English:
twelve-bar
adjectiveˈtwelvbärˈtwɛlvbɑr
Denoting or relating to a musical structure based on a sequence lasting twelve bars and typically consisting of three chords, the basic unit of much blues and rock and roll music.
十二小节的（指有十二小节，并尤其由三个和音组成的音乐结构，为多数布鲁斯和摇滚音乐的基本单位）
Example sentencesExamples
Well, it's not exactly easy to keep coming up with novel variations on a form of music whose standard twelve-bar chord change pattern goes I-I-I-I IV-IV-I-I-V-IV-I-I, is it?
Despite the blues influences, he avoids traditional twelve-bar blues progressions.
The twelve-bar format is cleverly sculpted with ensembles preluding the solos.
Students listen to musical examples and try to write twelve-bar blues lyrics.
For example, in 13% of the songs we analyzed, the twelve-bar blues form is adopted, and with it one often finds the typical lyrical organization of three-line stanzas in which the first two lines are similar.
nounˈtwelvbärˈtwɛlvbɑr
A song or piece of music having a twelve-bar structure.
十二小节歌曲（或音乐）
Example sentencesExamples
If you're going to limit it to twelve-bars and variations thereof you'll have to either arbitrarily exclude a lot that's recognizably blues, or else arbitrarily expand your definition.