blue note

A flattened note (lowered in tone by a half step), usually the third or seventh, used especially in blues music. It's the blue notes that really create the heart-wrenching tones in blues music. The whole song was pretty morose, but then the harmonica player hit a blue note that nearly made me start weeping.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nickolaus	NI-ko-lows	German
Gulbrand	-	Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Yiannis	-	Greek
Harsha	-	Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Sanskrit
&Aelig;Lfthryth	-	Anglo-Saxon
Bulus	-	Arabic