Blue note (disambiguation)
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A blue note
Blue note
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...

is a musical note played or sung lower than the corresponding note on a major scale.

Blue note may also refer to:
  • Blue Note Records
    Blue Note Records
    Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

    , a record label which focuses on jazz music
  • Blue note (aviation)
    Blue note (aviation)
    In the context of aviation, a blue note is the distinctive whine produced by some jet aircraft, over and above the sound of their engines and airframe noise....

    , a distinctive sound made by some jet aircraft over and above the sound of their engines
  • The Blue Note Festival
    Blue Note Festival
    The Gent Jazz Festival is an international jazz festival held annually in Ghent, Belgium in mid July. It lasts two weeks and the programmation is divided in two parts: the first week, called All That Jazz., unites some of the best jazz performers in the world while the second week, named All That...

    , an international jazz festival held annually in Ghent, Belgium in mid July
  • Blue Note (jazz clubs)
    Blue Note (jazz clubs)
    The Blue Note is a jazz club and restaurant located at in Greenwich Village, New York City. Opened in 1981 by owner and founder Danny Bensusan, the club is now considered one of the world's most famous jazz venues...

    , a chain of music clubs and restaurants
  • The Blue Note (Missouri)
    The Blue Note (Missouri)
    The Blue Note is a music venue in Columbia, Missouri. It was established in 1980 by Richard King and Phil Costello in a restored vaudeville theater. The original Blue Note was located at 912 Business Loop 70 East and moved to its Ninth Street location in the early 90's. It is famous/infamous for...

    , a music venue in Columbia, Missouri
  • The logo of the St. Louis Blues hockey team
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