He can sing a shaky note right (5)

I believe the answer is:

tenor

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'he can sing a' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'shaky note right' is the wordplay.
'shaky' is an anagram indicator.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'note' anagrammed gives 'teno'.
'teno'+'r'='TENOR'

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(Other definitions for tenor that I've seen before include "Placido Domingo, say" , "General meaning of a male voice" , "Pavarotti, maybe" , "Purport" , "Pavarotti, for example" .)

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