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blue note
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Princeton's WordNet
blue notenoun
a flattened third or seventh
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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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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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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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of blue note in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of blue note in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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- modrá poznámkaCzech
- blaue NoteGerman
- kék jegyzetHungarian
- catatan biruIndonesian
- nota bluItalian
- nota, blueLatin
- blå notatNorwegian
- nota azulPortuguese
- голубая нотаRussian
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