| The First Note Is Silent | |
| Cover: | High Contrast feat. Tiësto & Underworld - The First Note Is Silent.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | High Contrast featuring Tiësto and Underworld |
| Album: | The Agony and the Ecstasy |
| B-Side: | Fearful Symmetry |
| Released: | 28 October 2011 |
| Genre: | Drum and bass[1] |
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| Label: | Hospital |
| Chronology: | High Contrast |
| Prev Title: | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" / "Forever and a Day |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | The Agony and the Ecstasy |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
"The First Note Is Silent" is a song by Welsh disc jockey and producer High Contrast in collaboration with Dutch disc jockey and producer Tiësto and Welsh electronic music band Underworld. It was released as digital download and 12" vinyl on 28 October 2011 by Hospital Records in the United Kingdom as the first single from High Contrast's fifth studio album The Agony and the Ecstasy.
The music video was premiered on High Contrast's official YouTube channel on 7 October 2011. It was directed by High Contrast himself.