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natural

natural

28 5.8
A note played at its ordinary pitch, not sharp or flat
  • adjective
  • /ˈnæʧərəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : natural
  • The predetermined error was planted in the tuba part: concert G-natural in place of the G-flat.
  • natural minor scale
  • natural minor

OK, well, this note, this G natural is really an F double sharp.

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Examples

  • The first chord, E flat major, is in its most natural root position.

  • You have a B, C sharp, and C natural...

  • OK, well, this note, this G natural is really an F double sharp.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The teacher reminded the students to play the C natural on their instruments without any alterations.

  • During the rehearsal, she emphasized that the D natural should be sung clearly and in tune.

Antonyms

flat
  • Specialized
45 6.9

Lower in pitch by one half step

sharp
  • Specialized
13 5.5

A musical note that is one semitone higher

Compounds

natural gas
  • Specialized
140 2.7

A gas from underground that burns to make heat and electricity

natural resources
  • Specialized
47 2.1

Things from nature that people use for energy, food, or money

natural selection
  • Specialized
43 3.9

A process in which plants and animals better suited to their home survive and have more young

natural law
  • Formal
26 6.5

A set of moral rules that come from human nature and apply to everyone

natural habitat
  • Specialized
16 3.2

The place where a plant or animal normally lives and grows

An ability someone is born with to do something well

11 2.2

Light that comes from the sun, not from lamps

A change that happens in the world without human help

10 4.1

The condition of land, water, or wildlife left unchanged by people

natural history
  • Specialized
9 3.8

The study of plants and animals by watching them

A talent someone is born with that they do not learn

natural resource
  • Specialized
8 3.0

A material found in nature that people use, like water or oil

An event in nature not caused by people

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

natural immunity
  • Specialized
4 3.6

The body's protection from disease that a person has naturally without a vaccine or previous infection

The regular way the physical world follows rules not made by people

natural fiber
  • Specialized
3 3.2

A material from plants or animals that people use to make cloth

2 8.4

The study of the physical world and its laws, like early physics

natural language
  • Specialized
2 3.5

A system people use to speak and write to each other rather than computer code

A place where water from underground comes out

1 4.8

A way to avoid pregnancy by not having sex during a woman's fertile days, without using medicine or devices

natural number
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A number used for counting that starts at one and goes up

1 5.3

The way computers understand and work with human language

A thing that exists without people making or changing it

A person who studies plants, animals, and where they live

natural logarithm
  • Specialized
1 5.0

A logarithm that uses the number e, about 2.718, as its base

natural rubber
  • Specialized
1 2.9

An elastic material made from the sticky sap of certain trees used for many products

1 9.5

Study that uses reason and nature to learn about God, not holy books

natural demulcent
  • Specialized
8.1

A substance from nature that soothes irritated skin or throat

A low hollow in the ground that often holds water

natural glass
  • Specialized
6.1

A shiny rock that forms when lava cools very fast

The original color of a person's hair before it is dyed

5.1

A player who moves the ball past opponents with skill and ease

9.9

A salt from Bad Ems mineral waters that treats throat and nose infections

An area of land surrounded by natural features like hills or trees

An ability a person has from birth

natural endowment
  • Specialized
4.9

The natural resources a country has, like land or oil

A program that reads, understands, or writes human language text

6.0

A computer program that understands and produces written or spoken language

natural resin
  • Specialized
4.4

A sticky material some plants make, like amber, that people use in varnish and glue

A person who wakes up early without an alarm

A person who easily convinces other people to agree or act

9.9

A moral quality people can have by nature, not given by God, like justice

The form of something made by nature, not changed by people

A normal relaxed way of speaking that sounds honest

An important English society that supports scientists and promotes science

How Low

double flat
  • Specialized
8.4
flat
  • Specialized
45 6.9
natural
  • Specialized
28 5.8
sharp
  • Specialized
31 6.8
double sharp
  • Specialized
9.1

Surface Forms

natural positive
naturaler comparative
naturalest superlative

Morphology

natural = nature (opaque) = nature + al

Although the word historically relates to what is ordinary or unaltered, the musical sense is a specialized technical usage.

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.