The phrase "a poor note" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a musical note that is not played correctly or a written note that lacks clarity or quality.
Example: "The musician received feedback that he hit a poor note during the performance, which affected the overall sound."
Alternatives: "a bad note" or "an off note".
Leeds United's season ended on a poor note when they were beaten 2-1 by Leicester at Elland Road.
The quarter also ended on a poor note as spending rose just 0.1percentt in June after a 0.6percentt gain a month earlier.
"He didn't want to finish with us on such a poor note after a tough season.
The tradeoff for a large turnout is a long Demo Day, and you'd hate to end the event on a poor note (read: tired, grumpy hackers and attendees).
Lindwall started the tour on a poor note in the First Test at Wanderers in Johannesburg, scoring 21 and then going wicketless as Australia completed an innings victory.
In 56 of the 359 cases (15.6%), it was not possible to stage the patient because of poor note keeping.
Gabi Lalouche, who is the right-wing mayor of Dimona, a poor town, noted that he strongly opposed Mr. Sarid's views on the peace effort.
But in his last years he urged interviewers not to portray him as poor, noting that he had a sizable apartment, a good car and a comfortable dacha on a lake near the factory where he had worked for decades.
And Bertha Lewis, the executive director of New York Acorn, an advocacy group for the poor, noted that even Orrin G. Hatch, the conservative Republican senator from Utah, had supported a bipartisan measure that would keep the work requirement at its current level of 30 hours a week.
CBS News recently published an article on the high cost of being poor, noting that impoverished Americans face costs wealthier citizens easily avoid.
[324] He ends with what could be construed as a plea for the Angie and Jewell and millions of American working poor, noting their quiet acquiesence in the stringencies of welfare reform.
