sharps and flats
Example Sentences
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No one associated with the musical knows whether a show so right for pastry puns set to sharps and flats can be a hefty source of … dough.
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023
He had set “The Naming of Cats” as an eerie, dreamy admixture of sharps and flats and had given “Macavity” an undertone of prowling lust.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019
The clunker notes I hit, the sharps and flats, are fixed.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2015
But for a fast-growing number of youngsters from 6 to 18, the once dreaded struggle with sharps and flats is now as lively as a trip with the gang to the soda fountain.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the examples above, the sharps and flats are written next to the notes.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
