blue note
noun Jazz.
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
First recorded in 1925–30
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British Dictionary definitions for blue note
blue note
noun
jazz
a flattened third or seventh, used frequently in the blues