Lesson 18: Musical notation – Flats
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You already know all about sharps. They are those little signs you find in front of notes that tell 
you to play the key that is the next one to the right on the keyboard. Well, there is another little symbol we will learn about today that is similar to a sharp. This little symbol looks like the letter ‘b’ – sortof… ok – not really. A flat symbol tells the musician to play the note one semitone DOWN (or lower)
It doesn’t matter if the next key down is a black key or a white key – either can be flat.
Look in the worksheet section if you want to practice finding sharps and flats on the keyboard.
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Posted on February 10th, 2009 by sharlene
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February 25th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
[...] SHARP accidental is used within a piece of music to RAISE the pitch of the note by one semitone. A FLAT is used to LOWER the pitch of the note by one semitone. A NATURAL symbol can be used in front of a [...]