Idiom
blue note
Meaning
The flatted 5th scale degree in the blues scale.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The saxophonist hits the blue note and the crowd cheers.”
“In blues guitar, bending a string up to the blue note gives the solo its characteristic sad sound.”
“The pianist lingered on the blue note, letting its dissonance hang in the smoky air before resolving into the final chord.”
Examples
simple
“The saxophonist hits the blue note and the crowd cheers.”
contextual
“In blues guitar, bending a string up to the blue note gives the solo its characteristic sad sound.”
complex
“The pianist lingered on the blue note, letting its dissonance hang in the smoky air before resolving into the final chord.”
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