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In music, flat, or Bemolle (from German bemollen, "to make minor" [as, e.g., a minor third]), means "lower in pitch"; the flat symbol lowers a note by a half step.[1] Intonation may be flat, sharp, or both, successively or simultaneously. More specifically, in music notation, flat means, "lower in pitch by a semitone (half step)," and has an associated symbol (♭), which is a stylised lowercase "b" that may be found in key signatures or as an accidental, as may sharps. The Unicode character ♭(U+266D) is the flat sign. Its HTML entity is ♭.
Under twelve tone equal temperament, C flat for instance is the same as, or enharmonically equivalent to, B natural, and G flat is the same as F sharp. In any other tuning system, such enharmonic equivalences in general do not exist. To allow extended just intonation, composer Ben Johnston uses a sharp as an accidental to indicate a note is raised 70.6 cents (ratio 25:24), or a flat to indicate a note is lowered 70.6 cents.[2]
Double flats also exist, which look like  (similar to two flats, ♭♭) and lower a note by two semitones, or a whole step. Less often (in for instance microtonal music notation) one will encounter half, or three-quarter, or otherwise altered flats. The Unicode character '𝄫' (U+1D12B) represents the double flat sign.
Although very uncommon and only used in modern classical music, a triple flat ( ) can sometimes be found. It lowers a note three semitones.
The note A flat is shown in musical notation in Figure 1, together with A double flat.
In tuning, flat can also mean "slightly lower in pitch". If two simultaneous notes are slightly out of tune, the lower-pitched one (assuming the higher one is properly pitched) is said to be flat with respect to the other.
C ♭-major/a ♭-minor key signature.
The order of the flats in key signature notation B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, and F♭. A mnemonic for this is: Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father.
 Play an A and an A flat (help·info)
Quarter tone between C and D  (three-quarter flat), 50 cents. Play (help·info)
Half-tone between C and D ♭(flat), 100 cents. Play (help·info)
Three-quarter tone between C and D  (quarter flat), 150 cents. Play (help·info)
A half flat, indicating the use of quarter tones, may be marked with various symbols including a flat with a slash ( ) or a reversed flat sign (). Play (help·info) A three-quarter flat, or sesqui flat, is represented by a half flat and a regular flat ().
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[edit] References
- ^ Benward & Saker (2003). Music in Theory and Practice, Vol 1, p.6. McGraw-Hill, Seventh edition. "Flat (♭)—lowers the pitch a half step."
- ^ John Fonville. "Ben Johnston's Extended Just Intonation- A Guide for Interpreters", p.109, Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer, 1991), pp. 106-137. "...the 25/24 ratio is the sharp (♯) ratio...this raises a note approximately 70.6 cents."
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(similar to two flats, ♭♭) and lower a note by two semitones, or a whole step. Less often (in for instance microtonal music notation) one will encounter half, or three-quarter, or otherwise altered flats. The Unicode character '𝄫' (U+1D12B) represents the double flat sign.
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