Sharp (music)
Accidental raising the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (♯) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the use of the sharp sign in mathematics, see Musical isomorphism. For the use of the sharp sign in computational complexity theory, see ♯P.
"♯" redirects here. Not to be confused with the number sign (#).
For the Japanese electronics company, see Sharp Corporation.
In music, in English sharp – eqv. dièse (from French) or diesis (from Greek δίεσις)[lower-alpha 1] – means higher in pitch. The sharp symbol, ♯, indicates that the note to which the symbol is applied is played one semitone higher. The opposite of sharp is flat, indicating a lowering of pitch. The ♯ symbol derives from a square form of the letter b (see History of notation of accidentals for more information).
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Sharp (music) | |
In Unicode | U+266F ♯ MUSIC SHARP SIGN (♯) |
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Different from | U+0023 # NUMBER SIGN U+2317 ⌗ VIEWDATA SQUARE U+22D5 ⋕ EQUAL AND PARALLEL TO U+4E95 井 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E95 (Jingtian) |
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See also | U+266D ♭ MUSIC FLAT SIGN |
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