blue note


nounJazz.
  1. a flatted note, especially the third or the seventh degree of the scale, recurring frequently in blues and jazz as a characteristic feature.

Origin of blue note

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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blue note

noun
  1. jazz a flattened third or seventh, used frequently in the blues

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