| 单词 | blue note |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue note blue note n. Music (in early use) an incorrect or off-pitch note; (hence) an uncharacteristic or unexpected minor interval or flatted note in a musical phrase, typically a minor third, flat fifth, or flat seventh, especially as used in jazz and blues; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1895 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 10 Dec. 4/4 At the beginning of their career..they found difficulty in keeping their instruments out of ear-splitting mischief. In the language of the ‘profesor’ they struck many a ‘blue’ note. 1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl xiii. 157 He being a nervous party springs a blue note that got the musical director hysterical. 1915 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 12 Mar. 12/1 The lank trombone..unburdens its pent-up soul and sobs to high heaven the unspeakable agony of the famous ‘blue note’. 1930 E. L. Rice Voy. to Purilia x. 134 In the jazz symphony of life, there are many blue notes. 1955 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) vi. 49 Her voice trailed off in a forlorn blue-note fashion. 2002 C. Williams Sugar & Slate 9 Her ideas fell together like jazz, the blue notes resonating across the staves with their own logic, defying the predictable sequences and the rudimentary facts. < as lemmas |
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