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___MASK70___ ___MASK89___ a genre and musical form originated by African Americans in ___MASK56___ South of the United States around the end of the 19th century . The genre developed from roots in African musical traditions , African - American work ___MASK95___ and European - American folk music . ___MASK70___ incorporated spirituals , work ___MASK95___ , field hollers , shouts , chants , and rhymed simple narrative ballads . The blues form , ubiquitous in jazz , rhythm and blues and rock and roll , ___MASK89___ characterized by the call - and - response pattern , the blues scale and specific chord progressions , of which the twelve - bar blues ___MASK89___ the most common . Blue notes ( or " worried notes "), usually thirds or fifths flattened in pitch , are also an essential part of the sound . ___MASK70___ shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance - like rhythm and form a repetitive effect known as the groove . ___MASK16___ contralto ___MASK89___ a type of classical female singing ___MASK67___ whose vocal range ___MASK89___ the lowest female ___MASK67___ type . The contralto ' s vocal range ___MASK89___ fairly rare ; similar to , but different from the alto , and almost identical to that of a countertenor , typically between the F below middle C ( F in scientific pitch notation ) to the second F above middle C ( F ), although at the extremes some voices can reach the E below middle C ( E ) or the second B above middle C ( B ). The contralto ___MASK67___ type ___MASK89___ generally divided into the coloratura , lyric , and dramatic contralto . Geneviève ___MASK72___ Jane Moyet ( born 18 June ___MASK41___ ) is an English singer , ___MASK68___ and performer noted for her bluesy contralto ___MASK67___ . She came to prominence as half of the duo Yazoo , but has since mainly worked as a solo artist . Hometime ___MASK89___ the fifth studio album of English singer / ___MASK68___ Alison Moyet . There ___MASK89___ a gap of almost eight years between the release of Essex , the singer ' s previous studio album , and Hometime ; this was caused by a dispute between the singer and Sony Music Entertainment , her former record label , who wanted her to produce what they saw as more `` commercial '' music . Hometime was the first album by Moyet released by her new record label , Sanctuary Records . Much to the chagrin of Sony - who had refused to release the album - Hometime enjoyed a great deal of critical and commercial success ; the album sold in excess of a quarter of a million copies in the UK within the first months of its release , Moyet became one of the top five bestselling female artists of 2002 , and was nominated for a BRIT Award and a Mercury Music Prize that year . Hometime was produced by The Insects ( Tim Norfolk and Bob Locke ) who had previously worked with Massive Attack and Madonna among others .