Notes 1D: Sharp, flat and natural
Topic outline
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With this course you can practise:
- Sharp, flat and natural symbols (accidentals)
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Sharp- raises the pitch of a note one semitone
- add # to the note name
- C# D# E# F# G# A# B#
Flat- lowers the pitch of a note one semitone
- add b to the note name
- Cb Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bb
On piano keyboard shaps and flats are usually black keys. Some exceptions:
- Sharpened: E# and B#
- Lowered: Fb and Cb
The shaps and flats are often located in key signature (after the clef). The sharps or flats in key signature affects all notes in different octaves.
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The natural is an accidental which cancels previous accidentals and represents the unaltered pitch of a note.
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