

The Unicode character MUSIC NATURAL SIGN '♮' (U+266E) should display as a natural sign. The natural sign is derived from a square b used to denote B ♮ in medieval music (in contrast with the round b denoting B ♭, which became the flat symbol). The notes F ♭, C ♭, E ♯, B ♯, and most notes inflected by double-flats and double-sharps correspond in pitch with natural notes however, they are not regarded as natural notes but rather as enharmonic equivalents of them and are just as much chromatically inflected notes as most sharped and flatted notes that are represented by black notes on a keyboard. The scale of C major is sometimes regarded as the central, natural or basic major scale because all of its notes are natural notes, whereas every other major scale in the circle of fifths has at least one sharp or flat in it. On a modern concert harp, the middle position of the seven pedals that alter the tuning of the strings gives the natural pitch for each string.

Natural notes are the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G represented by the white keys on the keyboard of a piano or organ. A three-quarter flat is represented by a half flat and a regular flat.A note is natural when it is neither lowered nor raised by flat ( ♭) or sharp ( ♯) (or double-flat or double-sharp ). If the same note is played on two instruments at the same time, the lower-pitched one is flat compared to the higher-pitched one.Ī half flat, showing quarter tones, is sometimes shown with a flat with a slash ( ) or a reversed flat sign. In tuning, flat can also mean "slightly lower in pitch". The note A flat is shown in musical notation in Figure 1, together with A double flat. The Unicode character '𝄫' 𝄫 (U+1D12B) represents the double flat sign.Ī triple flat can be found, but it is very rare. Sometimes you will encounter half or three-quarter flats. Under twelve tone equal temperament, C flat is the same as, or enharmonically equivalent to, B natural, and G flat is the same as F sharp.ĭouble flats also exist, which look like and lower a note by two semitones, or a whole step. The Unicode character ' ♭' (U+266D) is the flat sign. In music, flat, or Bemolle, means "lower in pitch." In music notation, flat means "lower in pitch by a semitone (half step)," and has the symbol ( ♭). The note E-flat on the treble clef and bass clef
