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natural

natural

1 8.0
A sign in music that cancels a sharp or flat to return the original pitch
  • noun
  • /ˈnæʧərəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : becuadro
  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • To play the piece correctly, you must include an Fnatural to avoid the sharp from the previous measure.

  • During the rehearsal, the conductor reminded the musicians to return to a Bnatural after the A-sharp.

  • In sheet music, a Cnatural is often used to ensure that the note is played at its original pitch.

Synonyms

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vsnatural
  • Specialized
5 9.3

A mark in music that removes a previous sharp or flat

restores the original pitch by removing that previous alteration
accidental
vsnatural
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A music sign that raises or lowers a note's pitch

undoes such changes to bring the pitch back to its original state
naturale
vsnatural
9.9

A card or musical note that is not changed

specifically denotes the symbol that undoes a prior sharp or flat

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
6 6.5
natural
  • Specialized
1 8.0
sharp
  • Specialized
31 6.8
double sharp
  • Specialized
9.1

Surface Forms

natural singular
naturals plural

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.