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Definition of Blue note
1. Noun. A flattened third or seventh.
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
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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