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Old 9th Apr 2008, 13:20
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ACW599
 
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>A blue note is a flattened or sharpened note in a chord, giving it that jazzy or bluesy sound. Can be a fifth, seventh, ninth or thirteenth above the tonic, if you want to get really technical<.

True, but the Hunter doesn't generate a "blue" note in the musicological sense. It's more of a descending tritone (if you're old enough, think of the sound of a passing Vanguard for an aviation equivalent) with a bit of added harmony. Known since the fourteenth century as diabolus in musica and a staple of heavy metal amongst much else.
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