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blue note

noun

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



blue note

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blue note1

First recorded in 1925–30

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