bémol

flat Hear this out loudPausenoun. flat [noun] (in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.

Hear this out loudPauseIt means that every note of that letter (in this case B) needs to be played a semitone lower than it normally is, as B natural originally, now Bb. That is - every note - in any octave - but it only displays one. On piano, B natural is a white key - Bb is the black key to its left.

♭ Hear this out loudPauseA flat symbol looks like this:♭(similar to a lowercase b). Occasionally, notes can also be double-sharp or double-flat.

Hear this out loudPauseThe ♭ symbol universally indicates a flat note. It tells a player to sound a pitch half a tone lower than the written note.

Hear this out loudPauseA flat is notated with the ♭ symbol, which is like a small 'b' – literally “soft B” in Italian, which a lot of classical music notation derives from – and means “lower in pitch”.

Hear this out loudPauseMusical symbols are the marks and symbols, used since about the 13th century in the musical notation of musical scores, styles, and instruments, in order to describe pitch, rhythm, tempo – and, to some degree, its articulation (e.g., a composition in its fundamentals).

flat Hear this out loudPauseA flat (which looks like a lowercase 'B': b) means to play the next lower key. Many beginners are confused by this point, as they think that a sharp or flat means a black key. Sharps and flats are not the black keys. All black keys are either a sharp or flat, but not all sharps and flats are black keys.

Hear this out loudPauseA semitone (sometimes called a half tone or a half step) is the distance from a white key to a neighboring black key on the piano keyboard - for example, from G to G-sharp or from E to E-flat.

Hear this out loudPauseIn musical notation, flats are the notes made low in a given key signature. The symbol for a flat is L, which means half a tone lower than the written note. The first flat key signature is the key of F, or its relative minor, which is D minor (Dm). These keys have a single flat note: B flat (Bb).

Hear this out loudPauseThe etymology of flat originates from the Old English word “flett,” dating back to the 1300s. The term means level and in one plane, which nowadays relates to many different things, such as a deflated tire, lying prone, and a dwelling on one story. Hence, the term flat is used to describe a one-level apartment.

Hear this out loudPauseThe flat sign ♭ derives from a round b that signified the soft hexachord, hexachordum molle, particularly the presence of B♭. The name of the flat sign in French is bémol from medieval French bé mol which in modern French is bé mou "soft b".

And the exact same note is found on the next string. Down on the second fret. Moving up here we have a B right here on the nineteenth fret. And just like lower you have it again here on 14th fret.

It means that every note of that letter (in this case B) needs to be played a semitone lower than it normally is, as B natural originally, now Bb. That is - every note - in any octave - but it only displays one. On piano, B natural is a white key - Bb is the black key to its left.

Musical symbols are the marks and symbols, used since about the 13th century in the musical notation of musical scores, styles, and instruments, in order to describe pitch, rhythm, tempo – and, to some degree, its articulation (e.g., a composition in its fundamentals).

In musical notation, a bar (or measure) is a segment of music bounded by vertical lines, known as bar lines (or barlines), usually indicating one of more recurring beats. The length of the bar, measured by the number of note values it contains, is normally indicated by the time signature.

Lead Sheet Chord Symbols

What are the seven musical notes? There are 7 musical notes, which are the first seven letters of the alphabet. Each musical note is assigned the name of A, B, C, D, E, F, or G.

Here are a few examples:

• 4/4 (Four Four): In 4/4 time, the 4 at the top shows that there are four beats in each measure, and the 4 in the bottom indicates that a quarter note counts as one beat.
• 3/4 (Three Four): In 3/4 time, the 3 at the top signifies that there are three beats in each measure.

Then two four means there are two crotchet beats in a bar two quarter note beats and a bar. Four four means that there are four crotchet beats in a bar. Or four quarter note beats in a bar.