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blue note
blue noten. Music A flatted note, especially the third or seventh note of a scale, in place of an expected major interval. [From its use in blues music.]blue note n (Jazz) jazz a flattened third or seventh, used frequently in the blues blue′ note` n. a lowered third, seventh, or fifth degree of a musical major scale. [1925–30; from its use in the blues] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | blue note - a flattened third or seventhmusical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"blues - a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes |
blue note
blue noteA flattened note (lowered in tone by a half step), usually the third or seventh, used especially in blues music. It's the blue notes that really create the heart-wrenching tones in blues music. The whole song was pretty morose, but then the harmonica player hit a blue note that nearly made me start weeping.See also: blue, noteblue note
Words related to blue notenoun a flattened third or seventhRelated Words- musical note
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