Singer gets awkward note right (5)
I believe the answer is:
tenor
'singer' is the definition.
(tenor is a kind of singer)
'awkward note right' is the wordplay.
'awkward' is an anagram indicator.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation**).
'note' is an anagram of 'teno'.
'teno'+'r'='TENOR'
'gets' is the link.
(Other definitions for tenor that I've seen before include "Male singer with high-pitched voice" , "range of 14 across [GIGLI]" , "Higher male voice" , "thread" , "Voice classification of Jose Carreras" .)