natural
- 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.
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.
- 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
A mark in music that removes a previous sharp or flat
A music sign that raises or lowers a note's pitch
A card or musical note that is not changed
Compounds
- Specialized
A process in which plants and animals better suited to their home survive and have more young
Giving birth with little medical help and no drugs to reduce pain or help the birth
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The body's protection from disease that a person has naturally without a vaccine or previous infection
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A system people use to speak and write to each other rather than computer code
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A way to avoid pregnancy by not having sex during a woman's fertile days, without using medicine or devices
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The way computers understand and work with human language
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An elastic material made from the sticky sap of certain trees used for many products
- Archaic
A salt from Bad Ems mineral waters that treats throat and nose infections
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A program that reads, understands, or writes human language text
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A computer program that understands and produces written or spoken language
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A sticky material some plants make, like amber, that people use in varnish and glue
An important English society that supports scientists and promotes science
How Low
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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.