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Message: <blockquote data-quote="turf3" data-source="post: 556685" data-attributes="member: 8105">Flatted thirds, fifths, etc. are NOT blue notes.  They're flatted thirds, fifths, etc.  They can be fully justified with standard Western harmony.Blue notes are notes that could be called "microtonal" notes.  They're most commonly seen at the third and fifth where they're a note partway between the minor and major pitch.  This comes about from the same impetus as so many pentatonic practices, the feeling that half steps need to be avoided.  If you have a major scale and play the major third, there's a half step to the fourth;  if you play the minor third there's a half step to the second, so you play something in between.</blockquote>