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blue note

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blue notenoun

    a flattened third or seventh

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  1. blue notenoun

    Notes added to the major scale for expressive quality in jazz and blues music, particularly the flatted third, fifth and seventh.

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  1. blue note

    A blue note is a note in a musical scale that is altered, usually lowered by a half-step, to give the melody a more distinctive, soulful, mournful or expressive sound. This note is typically found in jazz, blues, gospel and R&B genres. The most common blue notes are the third, fifth, and seventh notes in a diatonic scale.

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  1. Blue note

    In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of blue note in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of blue note in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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