ABSTRACT
Chapters 5 and 6 are central to the argument. They contain the description of a few examples which illustrate quite well the musical structure of blues songs. Chapter 6 provides first a basic rhythmic reading lesson in order to help non-musicians to better understand the descriptions which compare linguistic rhythm with musical rhythm. As mentioned, blues has a syncopated ternary rhythm and the rhythm of English is trochaic and therefore seemingly binary, but the two constituent syllables of the trochee are not equal in value: the first syllable is accented and long, while the second one is unstressed and short, which makes the trochee close to the rhythmic unit of blues.
