flat
45
6.9
- adjective
- /flæt/
- Specialized
:
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- - However, you must always sing in E-flat.
- B-flat
- E-flat
- sharp or flat
Examples
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So here it drops from D flat major to C sharp minor.
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To introduce my students to improvisation, I taught them to play the concert B-flat blues scale.
Academic text (2008) -
But this is going up to E flat, right?
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Sometimes I'm an A flat minor, right?
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What is that E flat pentatonic in the minor mode?
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I recommend that they begin with concert B-flat, but any would work.
Academic text (2003) -
Raising the key to A or B-flat major solves the problem.
Academic text (1997) -
The first nondiatonic tone used on instruments and in notation was B-flat, followed quickly by F-sharp.
Academic text (1997) -
The musician played the scale in E flat to warm up before the concert.
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When tuning the piano, he needed to lower the note to D flat.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
5
7.1
To fail completely and feel embarrassed in front of others
Compounds
2
4.1
A flat area of mud near the coast that is underwater at high tide and dry at low tide
1
2.7
An herb with flat broad leaves that people use in cooking for its strong flavor
- Archaic
1
8.8
An apartment in an old building that has no hot running water or central heating
1
8.1
An apartment with all rooms in a row connected by doors, often with no hallway
- Australian
A low spreading evergreen bush from southern Australia with orange-yellow flowers and flat winged pods
- Specialized
A music sign placed before a note that makes it sound one whole tone lower
- Specialized
A straight horizontal top for a door or window made of angled stones that support each other
- UK
A European perennial plant with purple and pink flowers grown for animal feed and to improve soil
- Specialized
A hand tool with a rough flat surface that you move to smooth or shape wood and metal
- Specialized
A simple tie that joins two ropes securely, often used in sailing and wrapping packages
- Australian
A low evergreen shrub with heart-shaped leaves, bright yellow pea-like flowers, and flat seed pods
A friendly hunting dog with a long shiny black or brown coat that brings back animals from water and land
- Specialized
A North American plant that lives for many years with flat clusters of small white flowers
How Low
- Specialized
- Specialized
45
6.9
- Specialized
28
5.8
- Specialized
31
6.8
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flat in music means a note is 'lower' than its normal pitch, using the everyday sense of something pressed down or not high. So a note called flat sounds a little lower than expected.