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apply to the note on which they are placed, and to all subsequent similar notes in the same measure and octave. In modern notation they do not apply to notes in other octaves, but this was not always the convention. To cancel an accidental signature later in the same measure and octave, another
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symbol usually conforms to the smaller-sized lowering of pitch; however, for some tuning systems it may instead be replaced by a different symbol for raising and lowering pitch, depending on the author's preference and the intricacy of any microtuning involved.
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major with seven flats) may be written as an enharmonically equivalent key (B major with five sharps in this case). In rare cases, the flat keys may be extended further:
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sharps and flats have two or three different sub-levels, and notation for flattening notes varies, but usually involves several different symbols; one of the sets of
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sign, they apply to the note on which they are placed, and to all subsequent similar notes in the same staff, measure and octave.
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a flat commonly lowers a note's pitch by 70.57 cents. This is comparably smaller to the 100 cents lower used in
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The size of the lowering of pitch by a "comma" varies, depending on the tuning system; it is normally
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to mark lines whose notes are flattened throughout that section of music; it may also be an "
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flat or eighth-tone flat, or a quarter of a flat (not to be confused with the larger
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Historically, raising a double flat to a single flat would be notated using a
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uses a flat as an accidental to indicate a note is lowered 70.6 cents.
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Strictly speaking, there are many other related symbols that can appear.
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Starting with no sharps or flats (C major), adding the first flat (B
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lowering a note's pitch by a semitone results in a note that is
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The last two rows are shaded because those keys are avoided, in
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requiring double flats in the key signature. These are called
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sign, the flat symbol is placed to the left of the note head.
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part because they use inconvenient enharmonic notes, colored
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In those tuning systems, the size of the shift made by the
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symbol is not supported, or in specific text notation, a
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The staff below shows a key signature with three flats (
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lowers a note by four semitones or two whole tones in
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is the predominant system of tuning in Western music.
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This principle applies similarly to the sharp keys.
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In most 1762: 1072: 998: 904:major, and so on, backwards through the 299: 1463:and the 113.7 cents lower used in 1441:a flat always lowers a note's pitch by 190:) is used in two ways: It is placed in 14: 2438: 1577:but can vary between 20–25 cents. 1836: 240:to which it is applied is played one 1862: 1706: 760:, which only requires 5 sharps. 1729: 24: 1732:"E-quadruple flat: Tovey's whimsy" 1241:, or a whole tone and a semitone. 1107: 754:involves pressing the same keys on 25: 2462: 1814: 1069:, however, this is not the case. 2420: 2419: 2409: 1820: 1597: 1590: 1515: 1420:can also be written as ♭♭♭, etc. 1402: 1352:MUSICAL SYMBOL QUARTER TONE FLAT 1265: 1258: 1231: 1199: 1180: 1160: 1152: 1118: 969: 961: 953: 945: 937: 929: 301:Order of flats in key signatures 1756: 1664:) lowers the pitch a half step. 1319: 205: 1723: 1700: 1669: 1642: 1580: 1547: 1528: 1431: 61:. A flat is the opposite of a 13: 1: 1707:Byrd, Donald (October 2018). 1635: 1225:Although very rarely used, a 756:a keyboard as the equivalent 232:for "soft B" and German 1651:Music in Theory and Practice 1649:Benward & Saker (2003). 1424: 1412:is sometimes written as ♭♭, 718: 630: 560: 501: 454: 413: 378: 355: 339: 331: 290:Flats used in key signatures 7: 2220:History of music publishing 1616: 1158:) or a reversed flat sign ( 828:The corresponding order of 10: 2467: 1400:In environments where the 1338:MUSICAL SYMBOL DOUBLE FLAT 1297: 1205:, among others, represent 162:MUSICAL SYMBOL DOUBLE FLAT 29: 2425:Category:Musical notation 2405: 2369: 2291:Numbered musical notation 2243: 2210: 2090: 2082:Scientific pitch notation 1973: 1870: 1769:Perspectives of New Music 1290:When used as a temporary 1077:When used as a temporary 1051:enharmonically equivalent 1038:12 tone equal temperament 309: 146: 141: 120: 115: 88: 81: 76: 2072:Helmholtz pitch notation 1358:Other notation and usage 2415:List of musical symbols 2286:Nashville Number System 1521:(45.3 cents), and 1379:sign is often omitted. 1168:three-quarter-tone flat 1965:Transposing instrument 1439:quarter-comma meantone 27:Lower in musical pitch 1311:Miscellaneous Symbols 1146:indicates the use of 1073:Temporary accidentals 999:Key signature example 228:derived from Italian 1829:at Wikimedia Commons 1275:ordinary temperament 911:Some keys (such as C 892:; adding the next (E 135:LATIN SMALL LETTER B 2311:Percussion notation 1715:. 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898:) indicates B 891: 835: 834: 833: 831: 781: 780: 779: 777: 776:key signature 773: 770:The order of 763: 759: 753: 742: 730: 729: 726: 715: 714: 707: 698: 695: 684: 644: 642: 633: 629: 626: 617: 614: 574: 572: 563: 559: 556: 547: 515: 513: 504: 500: 497: 494: 468: 466: 457: 453: 450: 447: 427: 425: 416: 412: 409: 406: 392: 390: 381: 377: 374: 371: 363: 361: 358: 354: 351: 348: 344: 337: 334: 330: 324: 321: 318: 313: 312: 306: 305: 302: 296: 295: 287: 270: 266: 262: 258: 253: 251: 247: 246:modern tuning 244:lower, or in 243: 239: 235: 231: 230:be molle 213: 203: 201: 197: 193: 178: 159: 149: 145: 140: 137: 123: 119: 114: 94: 92: 87: 80: 75: 72: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 41: 40:Soft sign (Ь) 37: 33: 19: 2296:Klavarskribo 2271:Figured bass 2145:Appoggiatura 2092:Articulation 1987: 1890:Abbreviation 1777: 1773: 1767: 1764:Fonville, J. 1758: 1749:10.31751/612 1742:(1): 77–89. 1739: 1735: 1725: 1712: 1702: 1691:. 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Index

Double flat
b
Ƅ
Soft sign (Ь)
music
pitch
chromatic semitone
sharp
Unicode
LATIN SMALL LETTER B

MUSIC SHARP SIGN
key signatures
accidental
bar line
note
semitone
modern tuning
cents
traditional
microtonal
chromatic semitones
diatonic semitones
C major
A minor
F major
D minor
B major
G minor
E major

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