natural
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈnæʧərəl/
- Specialized
- So what's going on there is that the ears hearing hearing those A naturals each time because that's in the key of B flat major.
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Watch on YouTubeSo what's going on there is that the ears hearing hearing those A naturals each time because that's in the key of B flat major.
- So what's going on there is that the ears hearing hearing those A naturals each time because that's in the key of B flat major.
Examples
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For example, a student consistently plays a B-flat when a B-natural is clearly indicated.
Academic text (2015) -
In fact, I wanna write a whole piece of music with nothing but D-Naturals.
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Natural's fruit is excellent, worth the premium price.
Fiction book (1999) -
The notes between the lines are always white (or open) and represent the white keys on the keyboard (naturals).
Academic text (1997) -
But since we don't have much use for bands these days, Rochefort thought that their musical abilities might make them naturals at breaking the rhythms of ciphers.
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To play the piece correctly, you must include an Fnatural to avoid the sharp from the previous measure.
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During the rehearsal, the conductor reminded the musicians to return to a Bnatural after the A-sharp.
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In sheet music, a Cnatural is often used to ensure that the note is played at its original pitch.
Synonyms
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A music sign that raises or lowers a note's pitch
A mark in music that removes a previous sharp or flat
A card or musical note that is not changed
Compounds
- Specialized
44
3.9
A process in which plants and animals better suited to their home survive and have more young
12
3.4
A branch of science that studies the physical world, like physics and biology
6
4.0
Giving birth with little medical help and no drugs to reduce pain or help the birth
- Specialized
5
3.5
A system people use to speak and write to each other rather than computer code
- Specialized
5
3.6
The body's protection from disease that a person has naturally without a vaccine or previous infection
- Specialized
1
4.8
A way to avoid pregnancy by not having sex during a woman's fertile days, without using medicine or devices
- Specialized
1
5.3
The way computers understand and work with human language
- Specialized
1
2.9
An elastic material made from the sticky sap of certain trees used for many products
- Formal
1
9.9
A moral quality people can have by nature, not given by God, like justice
- Specialized
1
4.4
A sticky material some plants make, like amber, that people use in varnish and glue
- Specialized
1
6.0
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
How Low
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6.5
- Specialized
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8.0
- Specialized
2
6.8
- Specialized
1
9.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
The musical sign natural takes its name from Latin natura 'original state', because it cancels earlier changes and returns the note to how it 'naturally' sounds.