Definition of Blue note

1. Noun. A flattened third or seventh.

Generic synonyms: Musical Note, Note, Tone
Group relationships: Blues

Definition of Blue note

1. Noun. (idiomatic music) Notes added to the major scale for expressive quality in jazz and blues music, particularly the flatted third, fifth and seventh. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Note

blue mahoe
blue marguerite
blue marlin
blue mockingbird
blue mold fungus
blue moon
blue moons
blue movies
blue murder
blue mussel
blue mussels
blue naevus
blue nevus
blue noise
blue note (current term)
blue notes
blue oedema
blue ointment
blue orchid
blue pea
blue peafowl
blue peter
blue pickerel
blue pike
blue pikeperch
blue pimpernel
blue plate special
blue plate specials
blue point

Literary usage of Blue note

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Briefs on the Law of Insurance by Roger William Cooley, Lawrence Vold (1919)
"... with delivery of a "blue note" for insured to sign, did not continue insurance in force where insured died without signing the note and to the knowledge ..."

2. Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress by Rebecca D. Clear (1994)
"VBH 0394 This episode of the arts series tells the story of the blue note record label, run for twenty-five years by two German emigres, Alfred Lion and ..."

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