BLUE NOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue note mean? 

• BLUE NOTE (noun)
  The noun BLUE NOTE has 1 sense:

1. a flattened third or seventh

  Familiarity information: BLUE NOTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUE NOTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flattened third or seventh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("blue note" is a kind of...):

musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)

Holonyms ("blue note" is a part of...):

blues (a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes)