Blue note
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For other uses, see Blue note (disambiguation) and Blue Notes (disambiguation).
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical context.