flat
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musical sign (accidental) lowering the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (factor 2^(1/12))
Key facts
- In unicode
- U+266D ♭ MUSIC FLAT SIGN ( & flat; )
- Different from
- U+0062 b LATIN SMALL LETTER B
- See also
- U+1D12B 𝄫 MUSICAL SYMBOL DOUBLE FLAT , U+1D12C 𝄬 MUSICAL SYMBOL FLAT UP , U+1D12D 𝄭 MUSICAL SYMBOL FLAT DOWN , U+1D133 𝄳 MUSICAL SYMBOL QUARTER TONE FLAT
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Bémol.svg
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- Commons category
- Flats (music)
- Unicode character
- ♭
- TeX string
- \flat
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In music, flat means lower in pitch. The flat symbol, ♭, indicates that the note to which it is applied is played one chromatic semitone lower. The opposite of flat is sharp, indicating a raising of pitch.
The flat symbol (♭) appears in key signatures to indicate which notes are flat throughout a section of music, and also in front of individual notes as an accidental, indicating that the note is flat until the next bar line.