natural
- adjective
- /ˈnæʧərəl/
- Specialized
- The predetermined error was planted in the tuba part: concert G-natural in place of the G-flat.
- natural minor scale
- natural minor
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Watch on YouTubeOK, well, this note, this G natural is really an F double sharp.
- OK, well, this note, this G natural is really an F double sharp.
- What I mean by this is on the one chord we have this B natural here, that's a third of the G chord.
Examples
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The first chord, E flat major, is in its most natural root position.
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You have a B, C sharp, and C natural...
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OK, well, this note, this G natural is really an F double sharp.
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As a result, they have a natural chord progression, generally very similar to the one mentioned earlier.
Academic text (1995) -
Lady Susan's voice is a clear, natural soprano.
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If you can tell that they played an F-sharp instead of an F-natural, write that near the circled note.
Academic text (2011) -
In the song, the guitarist played the G natural note to bring out its true sound.
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The teacher reminded the students to play the C natural on their instruments without any alterations.
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During the rehearsal, she emphasized that the D natural should be sung clearly and in tune.
Antonyms
Compounds
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A process in which plants and animals better suited to their home survive and have more young
A branch of science that studies the physical world, like physics and biology
Giving birth with little medical help and no drugs to reduce pain or help the birth
- Specialized
A system people use to speak and write to each other rather than computer code
- Specialized
The body's protection from disease that a person has naturally without a vaccine or previous infection
- Specialized
A way to avoid pregnancy by not having sex during a woman's fertile days, without using medicine or devices
- Specialized
The way computers understand and work with human language
- Specialized
An elastic material made from the sticky sap of certain trees used for many products
- Formal
A moral quality people can have by nature, not given by God, like justice
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A sticky material some plants make, like amber, that people use in varnish and glue
- Specialized
A computer program that understands and produces written or spoken language
- Archaic
A salt from Bad Ems mineral waters that treats throat and nose infections
- Specialized
A program that reads, understands, or writes human language text
An important English society that supports scientists and promotes science
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Natural comes from Latin natura meaning 'original state', so a natural note in music is the note at its ordinary pitch, not sharp or flat.