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In music, flat means lower in pitch. It may either be used in a general sense to mean any lowering of pitch, or to specifically refer to lowering pitch by a semitone. A flat is the opposite of a sharp (♯) which indicates a raised pitch in the same way.
| ♭ | |
|---|---|
Flat (music) | |
| In Unicode | U+266D ♭ MUSIC FLAT SIGN (♭) |
| Different from | |
| Different from | U+0062 b LATIN SMALL LETTER B |
| Related | |
| See also | U+1D12B &sq=&lang=&file=File:Chambers_1908_Music_Double_Flat.png){kind=small} MUSICAL SYMBOL DOUBLE FLAT U+266F ♯ MUSIC SHARP SIGN |
The flat symbol (♭) appears in key signatures to indicate which notes are flat throughout a section of music, and also in front of individual notes as an accidental, indicating that the note is flat until the next bar line.