The phrase "a fresh note" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is new, original, or different, often in the context of ideas, music, or writing.
Example: "The artist's latest album brings a fresh note to the genre, blending traditional sounds with modern influences."
Alternatives: "a new perspective" or "a novel touch".
Maybe this will help start 2010 on a fresh note".
In his fiction, Capek also sounds a fresh note.
Red Bean and Green Bean Salad: Whether you use dried or canned red beans, copious herbs and bright green beans add a fresh note.
Ms. Herzog's smart, engrossing play, directed with finesse by Carolyn Cantor, strikes a fresh note in being set among a family of exotic beings.
"Those trees in the abbey are of course an echo of gothic vaulting," Mr. Schama said, noting that they brought to Westminster Abbey "a fresh note of dazzling springtime".
The production strikes a fresh note with its first image, as the young Prince Mamillius (the fine Alfie Jones at the reviewed performance) scampers onstage and grabs a British Christmas party favor from a lavishly arrayed, unoccupied banquet table.
He sounds instead a very fresh note – the talk in The Dirty Dust sounds like the talk of an Irish town now, and it is gloriously profane.
Hexanal, which imparts a fresh green note (Schieberle et al., 1990), and (Z -3-hexen-1-ol, which imparts a herbal green note (Jordan et al., 2001), were detected in these samples and described as having green and grass notes, respectively.
The flavor is etched sharply, a fresh, oniony note that brings the risotto, and the fish, to vibrant life.
The show strikes a fresh, topical note for American musical theater by training a compassionate eye on the struggles of the lower-middle classes.
Marinated calamari and good Ligurian olives, an unbeatable combination, get a fresh green note from a few sparingly arranged celery leaves.
