Talk:Flat (music)
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i hope you and maybe camembert will be able to flesh this out... dgd
- This will probably get integrated with sharp and note and some point. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do this; see talk:note. -- Merphant
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[edit] True or false??
True or false: the bottom of this article can move to Flat (disambiguation). 66.245.107.192 23:50, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Just curious=
Why does the double-flat exist?66.21.216.246 21:09, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- It can be convenient for lowering a note a semitone that is already flat due to the key -- this is often to make the harmony or the chord more clear to the reader. That is, if you are in D flat major and you want a diminished chord (1-3flat-5-flat), you may put a double flat on the A so as to make the type of chord clear. Also, on instruments that do not have equal temperment, a double-flat may not be exactly the same as its enharmonically equivalent value. DavidRF 23:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] b is a whole step higher than a
I just added discussion on the "musical notation" page and was wondering why a b is used for notating a flat when a "b" is a step higher that "a" (Chevyfastback 06:25, 16 October 2007 (UTC)).
[edit] Merge proposal
It seems that the two pages, Flat and Sharp, are nearly word-for-word equivalent. Now, I know that they are different items, but even from a musical perspective, they do the same thing to a note, and that is change the pitch of a note that is supposed to be played. It would make sense to move this page to something like Flat and sharp. Jared (t) 16:27, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
- How about merging with accidental (music)? — Gwalla | Talk 04:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
- I vote to keep. The page should definitely not be merged with Flat. A merge with accidental (music) would make more sense but after some thought I think that sharp, flat, and natural deserve their own separate pages. Any talk about merging into accidental (music) needs to ask what to do with the natural sign. Jason Quinn (talk) 19:59, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
