Blue note
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jazz andblues , a blue note (also "worried" note [Benward & Saker (2003). "Music: In Theory and Practice", Vol. I, p.359. Seventh Edition. ISBN 978-0-07-294262-0.] ) is anote sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of themajor scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is asemitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres.Country blues , in particular, features wide variations from thediatonic pitches with emotive blue-notes. Blue notes are often seen as akin to relative pitches found in traditionalAfrican work song s.The blue notes are usually said to be flattened third, flattened fifth, and flattened seventh
scale degree scite web |title=Blue Notes |publisher=How To Play Blues Guitar |date=2008-07-06 |accessdate=2008-07-06 |url=http://how-to-play-blues-guitar.com/blues-concepts/blue-notes/] . The flatted fifth is also known as the sharpened fourthFerguson, Jim (1999). "All Blues Soloing for Jazz Guitar: Scales, Licks, Concepts & Choruses", p.20. ISBN 0786642858.] . Though theblues scale has "an inherent minor tonality, it is commonly 'forced' over major-key chord changes, resulting in a distinctively dissonant conflict of tonalities" as well as the blue notes. A similar conflict occurs between the notes of theminor scale and the minor blues scale, as heard in songs such as "Why Don't You Do Right? ".Blue notes are used in many twelve-bar and
eight-bar blues , and also inblues ballad s and in conventionalpopular song s with a "blue" feeling, such asHarold Arlen 's "Stormy Weather". Blue notes are also prevalent inEnglish folk music [Lloyd, A.L. (1967). "Folk Song in England", p.52-4. London: Lawrence & Wishart. Cited in Middleton, Richard (1990/2002). "Studying Popular Music". Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 0-335-15275-9.] .ee also
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blue note — n. Jazz a slightly flatted note, esp. the third or seventh note of a major scale … English World dictionary
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