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natural

natural

1 5.8
A note played at its ordinary pitch, not sharp or flat
  • adjective
  • /ˈnæʧərəl/
  • Specialized
: 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
15 6.9

Lower in pitch by one half step

sharp
  • Specialized
8 5.5

A musical note that is one semitone higher

Compounds

natural gas
  • Specialized
197 2.7

A gas from underground that burns to make heat and electricity

natural resources
  • Specialized
64 2.1

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

natural selection
  • Specialized
44 3.9

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

natural law
  • Formal
32 6.5

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

A change that happens in the world without human help

natural habitat
  • Specialized
20 3.2

The place where a plant or animal normally lives and grows

20 5.6

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

17 4.1

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

natural history
  • Specialized
16 3.8

The study of plants and animals by watching them

An ability someone is born with to do something well

14 2.2

Light that comes from the sun, not from lamps

An event in nature not caused by people

A talent someone is born with that they do not learn

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 language
  • Specialized
5 3.5

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

natural immunity
  • Specialized
5 3.6

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

natural fiber
  • Specialized
4 3.2

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

natural resource
  • Specialized
4 3.0

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

A place where water from underground comes out

natural number
  • Specialized
2 3.4

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

2 8.4

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

1 4.8

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

A thing that exists without people making or changing it

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

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

1 5.3

The way computers understand and work with human language

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 logarithm
  • Specialized
1 5.0

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

natural endowment
  • Specialized
1 4.9

The natural resources a country has, like land or oil

1 9.9

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

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

An ability a person has from birth

natural glass
  • Specialized
1 6.1

A shiny rock that forms when lava cools very fast

A low hollow in the ground that often holds water

natural resin
  • Specialized
1 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

1 4.2

A normal relaxed way of speaking that sounds honest

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

1 6.0

A computer program that understands and produces written or spoken language

A person who easily convinces other people to agree or act

natural demulcent
  • Specialized
8.1

A substance from nature that soothes irritated skin or throat

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

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

An important English society that supports scientists and promotes science

How Low

double flat
  • Specialized
8.4
flat
  • Specialized
15 6.9
natural
  • Specialized
1 5.8
sharp
  • Specialized
2 6.8
double sharp
  • Specialized
1 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.