sharp
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6.8
- noun
- /ʃɑrp/
- Specialized
- The easiest songs for beginning guitarists feature key signatures with sharps: G, D, A, and E major.
- sharps and flats
- key signature with sharps
- signature with sharps
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Watch on YouTubeWell, we have notes BF sharp, BD sharp.
- Well, we have notes BF sharp, BD sharp.
- So perfect pitch as a trait, that is to say you have the ability to to hear a note, play it and say, oh, that's AC sharp, right?
- It's not really that the key, you know, a sharp or E flat is the song, It's just one component of the song.
Examples
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) estimates that there are around 100,000 sharps injuries each year.
Academic text (2014) -
So flats are below, sharps take you up a half step.
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Well, we have notes BF sharp, BD sharp.
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F# major chord, C#, F# A sharp and FGC.
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Issues with blood-borne disease make it essential that sharps be disposed of in a safe manner.
Academic text (2001) -
Report all needlestick and other sharps-related injuries promptly to ensure that you receive appropriate follow-up care.
Academic text (2000) -
All scalpels and razor blades were managed as biohazardous sharps by 72 percent of institutions.
Academic text (2003) -
In the key of G major, the note F is played as sharp to create a higher pitch.
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The teacher explained how to read sharps in the musical score during class.
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During the performance, the band played several songs that included sharps in their key signatures.
Idioms
- Informal
1
9.9
A joking way to say something is very unpleasant or painful
Compounds
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9.5
A large land bird with pointed tail feathers found in western prairies and open forests
How Low
- Specialized
- Specialized
15
6.9
- Specialized
1
5.8
- Specialized
2
6.8
- Specialized
1
9.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun sharp for the musical sign comes from the same idea of making a note 'sharper' or higher, so the sharp symbol tells the player to raise the pitch by one semitone.